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Archive Home > 2011 > May > 22 > Much of the West in a mess as it melts

Much of the West in a mess as it melts

By Kirk Johnson and Jesse McKinley / The Bulletin
May 22, 2011

STEAMBOAT SPRINGS, Colo. — For all the attention on epic flooding in the Mississippi Valley, a quiet threat has been growing here in the West, where winter snows have piled up on mountain ranges throughout the region.

Thanks to a blizzard-filled winter and an unusually cold and wet spring, more....

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