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DENVER—Several flights had to be diverted from Denver International Airport to Colorado Springs, Cheyenne, Wyo., and other cities because of severe thunderstorms.
DIA spokesman Heath Montgomery says there were also a number of flight delays from the storms that rolled through the Front Range on Sunday night.
National Weather Service spokesman Byron Louis said Monday there were numerous lightning strikes, wind gusts of more than 20 miles an hour and 2 inches of rain on some parts of the Eastern Plains.
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