Mudslides force dozens of US motorists to spend night on motorway and in tunnel

Equipment works to clear mud and debris from a mudslide on Interstate-70 through Glenwood Canyon, Colorado (Colorado Department of Transportation via AP)

More than 100 people had to spend the night on a motorway, including nearly 30 who took refuge in a tunnel, after rain in an area burned by a wildfire once again triggered mudslides in western Colorado, authorities said.

The people were caught with their vehicles on Interstate 70 in Glenwood Canyon on Thursday night.