Authorities are urging everyone, for their own safety, to stay off of the rivers while they are running so high and fast.
Colorado high waters take toll; two dead, two more presumed dead Rivers swollen after heavy spring rain swept away tubers near Denver and Pueblo; kayaker was killed near Basalt; a rafter apparently drowned
By Bruce Finley
The Denver Post
Posted: 06/21/2015 04:49:56 PM MDT
Colorado's high waters took a toll Sunday with as many as four tubers, rafters and kayakers dead or presumed dead on rivers — and county authorities are urging restraint.
High water played a role in each case, rescuers said. The heavy spring rain, filling reservoirs, has led to some of the highest water levels in two decades, according to federal hydrologists.
Douglas County authorities blocked access to the upper South Platte River southwest of metro Denver between Deckers and Sedalia. And metro authorities were discouraging recreation in South Platte waters through the city.
"The river is closed off," Douglas County Sheriff's Lt. Paul Rogers said, "because of the dangerously high waters."
