© KDVRFlooding in Manitou Springs, Colo. August 9, 2013
There were three people hurt and one unconfirmed report of a missing person according to the Manitou Springs police chief.
There was damage to homes and businesses along Canon Ave. Streets were closed in the Canon Avenue area and western Manitou Springs.
Police told people to stay away from the town Friday night.
The Waldo Canyon burn zone received about 1.5 inches of rain in a very short period of time.
The muddy floodwaters - swelling Fountain Creek out of its banks in downtown Manitou Springs Friday night.
Off in the distance - the patio of a restaurant - Adam's Mountain Cafe suffered major damage from the messy runoff.
Video posted to Facebook shows banged-up cars, covered in mud and debris, surrounded by the flash flood.
One picture showed a truck and an SUV tossed against each other by the raging water.
All over the town vehicles were covered to the wheel wells by the rainy deluge.
The flooding closed U.S. highway 24, stranding drivers and flooding homes and businesses. Some vehicles were likely totaled as a result of the flood.
Along Canon Avenue in Manitou Springs, neighbors say one home was swept away. There were reports of gas leaks. Helpless residents watched flood waters rush by. Police moved in to close off the roads.
Along nearby Highway 24 a massive rock slide sent boulders and debris into the road.
Cell phone video shows the highway - rushing with water - drivers, stuck with nowhere to go.
"Oh My God, Oh My God."
It's an eerily similar scene to what we saw along Highway 24 a month ago when two dozen drivers were washed off the road, or stuck in the mud, in the same area.
The flooding - a common occurrence lately west of Colorado Springs - is caused by a lack of vegetation and muddy runoff after last year's deadly Waldo Canyon Fire.
Friday night the problems stretched to the west side of Colorado Springs where crews performed a swift water rescue - pulling a man in soaked clothes out of a creek.
But it's in Manitou Springs where the biggest mess remains. It's a town that, once again, is trashed by fast moving water.
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