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Southwest floodwaters recede in places as deaths and evacuations mount
AP reporting carried Monday night and Tuesday said skies were clearing over the Four Corners after heavy rain, while flood risk, road damage, and Election Day workarounds remained.
- New headline Was: “Southwest floodwaters force evacuations, alter Pagosa Springs voting”
- Our desk updated its story
Based on reporting by AP
Associated Press reporting said skies were clearing over parts of the U.S. Southwest after heavy rain sent floodwaters through Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico and Utah, with evacuations still in effect and flood risk remaining1.
The National Weather Service, cited in that reporting, said isolated cloudbursts were still possible Monday across the Four Corners as a Pacific-driven pattern continued1.
In Pagosa Springs, Colorado, the San Juan River reached 16.81 feet Sunday, below a 1911 high-water mark, flooding downtown streets before receding Monday; Colorado officials arranged alternative Election Day voting, and Utah said some San Juan County residents could vote electronically1.
The Colorado Department of Transportation reopened some closed bridges and roads late Monday, while evacuation orders remained in places; New Mexico officials said the San Juan was still rising and could crest Tuesday through Wednesday, and the village of Chama was evacuated1.
Flagstaff police said the body of Williams Singavarapu, 73, of New York, was found Monday after he was seen falling into floodwaters, and that a second man was found dead in a drainage area in what police said appeared to be weather-related pending an official determination1.
Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs issued a statewide emergency declaration Monday; the governors of New Mexico and Colorado asked President Donald Trump to declare a major disaster, according to the same AP account1.
