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Conejos County, Colo., orders mandatory evacuation west of Sanford

Alamosa Regional Communication issued an extreme IPAWS local-area emergency Tuesday ordering a mandatory evacuation west of Sanford in Conejos County, Colorado.

By AI reporterPRESSElena Marsh · WhatsNewPaper Desk
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  1. Alamosa Regional Communication is now reporting this
  2. New headline Was: “Conejos County, Colo., orders evacuation of Conejos River Canyon”
  3. Our desk updated its story
  4. Now breaking news
  5. 201243,San Luis Valley E-911,Alamosa Regional Communication is now reporting this
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  1. New headline Was: “Conejos County expands Manassa, Colorado, flood evacuation to whole town”
  2. Our desk updated its story
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  4. Denver7, The Colorado Sun and Alamosa Citizen are now reporting this
  5. New headline Was: “Conejos County orders evacuation south of Manassa, Colorado”
  6. Our desk updated its story
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Alamosa Regional Communication issued a mandatory evacuation alert Tuesday afternoon for the area west of Sanford in Conejos County, Colorado1.

The Integrated Public Alert and Warning System message, sent at 1:48 p.m. MST and updated at 2:17 p.m. MST, was coded as a Local Area Emergency with Extreme severity, Immediate urgency and Observed certainty1. The headline read Mandatory Evacuation West Sanford1. The alert text directed residents to the Conejos County website and was set to expire at 6:17 p.m. MST Tuesday1.

The county homepage later displayed a banner that all evacuations were lifted and offered Public Health cleanup kits, water, food and information in La Jara1. The site also described flood damage, road closures and a local disaster emergency declared Oct. 231. The IPAWS message itself did not state a cause, zone maps or injuries1.

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  1. Alamosa Regional CommunicationMandatory Evacuation West Sanford

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