Flooding and Power outages in New Mexico: What you need to know
Flooding is keeping evacuations in place in San Juan County, while more than 8,000 PNM customers are without power in Albuquerque's east mountains.
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Flooding is keeping evacuations in place in San Juan County, while more than 8,000 PNM customers are without power in Albuquerque's east mountains.
Residents and business owners in Bluff are cleaning mud and debris from homes and businesses after the San Juan River flooded parts of the town and nearby Navajo Nation communities. (Photo: KUTV)
Evacuation alerts are in effect near the Animas, La Plata and San Juan rivers as heavy rain causes flooding in northwest New Mexico and threatens historic flooding near Pagosa Springs, Colorado.
Severe flooding swept across Alamosa, Archuleta, Conejos, Dolores, Hinsdale, La Plata, Mineral, Montezuma, Ouray, Rio Grande, San Juan and San Miguel counties last week.
President Trump approved federal emergency aid for flood-damaged communities in San Juan, Cibola, Rio Arriba and Sandoval counties, with recovery costs estimated at $200 million to $300 million.
Bluff, Montezuma Creek and Aneth were ordered to evacuate Saturday night as the San Juan River water levels continued to rise.
An evacuation order was issued late Saturday for several communities in the Navajo Nation due to possible flooding from expected record-setting high water on the San Juan River.