?Additionally, about 40 vehicles swept away by the flood and mudslide were towed out of the debris, he added. Manitou Springs Police Chief Joe Ribeiro said Saturday that initial damage assessments revealed six buildings in the downtown area were unsafe to enter and another 11 sustained some structural damage. Volunteer rescuer Jesse Rochette searches the floodwaters for anyone trapped or stranded on Friday in Manitou Springs, Colo. Michael Ciaglo / Colorado Springs Gazette via AP Two other people also reported missing have since been accounted for, authorities said. Police said the body of a 53-year-old man was found outside his vehicle under a pile of debris along the roadway. ? Fountain Creek jumped its banks from the heavy rainfall, and floodwaters cascaded down mountainsides onto a narrow canyon highway. The flood and mudslide were triggered when nearly 1.5 inches of rain fell in 30 minutes over an area stripped of vegetation by a 2012 wildfire, authorities said. Francis Hospital in nearby Colorado Springs. She said the cold water and the adrenaline limited the pain in her foot.Īfter her cries for help were eventually heard, she was taken to the Penrose St. I had no time to gather anything, my pets or anything.?Įmerging at the other end of her street, Hunter spotted a tree and grabbed it, before pulling herself to safety. "Never, never in my life would I have anticipated that. ?It slams you down and then you are stuck under there for a long time, hoping that you are going to pop up soon so you can breathe,? she added. "How am I going to get out of this?" Hunter said was her first thought as the water pulled her under. Hunter recounted Monday how she had been sitting in her cottage when the mud and debris burst into the living roof, NBC station?KUSA reported. Laura Hunter, 49, addresses reporters at Penrose Hospital in Colorado Springs, Colo., on Monday.ĭespite having a broken leg and foot, she found the strength to pull herself on to a nearby embankment where she screamed for help until neighbors were able to rescue her. Jerilee Bennett / Colorado Springs Gazette via AP Hunter, 49, clung onto the limb for dear life as the torrents swept past her through the Colorado town of Manitou Springs on Friday night. KUSA's Kevin Torres reports.Īs a four foot wall of water swept through her cottage and pulled her to the bottom of the raging floodwaters, Laura Hunter had only one thought: ?How am I going to get out of this? The single Colorado resident also says her brush with death has made her realize how much she would like to get married. Fighting back tears, Laura Hunter talks about fighting to survive as she was swept away by raging floodwaters and the pain of losing everything to Mother Nature's wrath ? including her beloved cats.
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