--- description: Collapsed ridge is thought to be four miles long and two miles wide title: Colorado Mudslide Leaves 3 Missing image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd6ca8d958778f4d5/698690e406f2c17fd432f0b4/colorado-mudslide1.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [U.S.](/section/us/) ## U.S. Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [natural disaster](/tag/natural-disaster/) ## natural disaster Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Watch: Giant Colorado Mudslide Leaves 3 Missing by [TIME Video](/author/time-video/) ## TIME Video Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close May 26, 2014 4:15 PM CUT  The results of a three-mile long mudslide are piled below Grand Mesa, where the slide started, background, in a remote part of western Colorado near the small town of Collbran, May 26, 2014. The results of a three-mile long mudslide are piled below Grand Mesa, where the slide started, background, in a remote part of western Colorado near the small town of Collbran, May 26, 2014.Dean Humphrey—Grand Junction Daily Sentinel/AP by [TIME Video](/author/time-video/) ## TIME Video Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close May 26, 2014 4:15 PM CUT Rescue teams in western Colorado are [searching](http://time.com/116121/crews-search-for-3-people-in-colorado-mudslide/ "undefined") for three people missing after a four-mile long mudslide in Mesa County. The mud is thought to be 250ft deep in places, the Associated Press reports, after an entire ridge collapsed in the wake of heavy rainfall. The area is extremely remote, and authorities said it was unlikely any structures had been swallowed by the mudslide. The nearest major road, the I-70, is around 26 miles away from the area and not in any danger. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/116303/colorado-mudslide/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/116303/colorado-mudslide/"},"headline":"Watch: Giant Colorado Mudslide Leaves 3 Missing","datePublished":"2014-05-26T16:15:56.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T08:02:42.874Z","description":"Collapsed ridge is thought to be four miles long and two miles wide","url":"https://time.com/116303/colorado-mudslide/","keywords":["natural disaster"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd6ca8d958778f4d5/698690e406f2c17fd432f0b4/colorado-mudslide1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Video","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/time-video/"}],"articleSection":"U.S.","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd6ca8d958778f4d5/698690e406f2c17fd432f0b4/colorado-mudslide1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Colorado Mudslide","caption":"Colorado Mudslide","creditText":"Dean Humphrey—Grand Junction Daily Sentinel/AP","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/us/","name":"U.S."}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/natural-disaster/","name":"natural disaster"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/116303/colorado-mudslide/","name":"Watch: Giant Colorado Mudslide Leaves 3 Missing"}}]}] ```