Drone shows interstate highway closed by mudslide

A portion of Interstate 70 in western Colorado was closed Monday following a series of mudslides triggered by rainfall over the weekend near where a wildfire burned last year.

The largest of the mudslides that happened on Sunday along Colorado's main east-west highway flowed down the same drainage as the one that happened Saturday along the Grizzly Creek Fire burn scar.Sunday's main mudslide reached 80 feet wide and 5 feet  deep in areas. The mud spread 70 feet wide and was 5 feet deep in places. Highway closure lasted several hours. Travelers may have to expect on-and-off closures of I-70 in Glenwood Canyon when rainfall is expected in the area this summer, said Kane Schneider, a CDOT transportation maintenance employee.