BREAKING! China: dam near the city of Zhengzhou in central China's Henan province has been destroyed by heavy flooding, after being seriously damaged in heavy storms that killed several people and brought the region to a halt, local media reported. The dam is the third to fail in recent days: over the weekend, due to severe rain, two dams in Hulun Buir City in North China's Inner Mongolia collapsed. Fortunately, however, no injuries have been reported. According to Xinhua News Agency, the meteorological bureaus of Henan and Zhengzhou have raised the level of emergency response to meteorological disasters to the first level. The Chinese media report that the subway in Zhengzhou was flooded, and rescuers evacuated blocked passengers.

UPDATE! Fort Collins, Colorado: Flooding in northern Colorado claimed the life of at least one person and left two others missing Tuesday night, authorities said, prompting mandatory evacuations of residents, businesses and campgrounds from Rustic to Ted's Place. Emergency crews were tracking a debris flow on the Poudre River, according to emergency radio channels, along with reports of destroyed structures and potential fatalities. They were using drones for search and rescue operations. Mudslides knocked down miles of power lines, according to Poudre Valley REA, which provides power to the area, and more than 100 customers in the upper Poudre Canyon were without power, according to the map of outages. (Read more.)

⚠️ HIGHWAY CLOSURE! Highway 14 is currently closed through Poudre Canyon (northwest of Fort Collins) because of flash flooding. CDOT says Highway 14 will be closed all day. There is a 38 mile detour around the closure.