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Receding floodwaters leave a sea of mud and shattered homes in the US Southwest
Floodwaters destroyed homes and businesses, and officials said more than 20 trillion gallons of rain fell across the Four Corners states in two weeks.
- On Tuesday, Colorado Secretary of State Jena Griswold confirmed that severe flooding forced officials to relocate voting services in Archuleta County, though election operations remain open across the region despite road closures and evacuations.
- Historic flooding along the San Juan River inundated parts of Pagosa Springs over the weekend, prompting mandatory evacuations, road closures, and significant damage to homes and infrastructure as water levels rose dramatically.
- Officials closed the Ross Aragon Community Center and Town Hall drop box, opening new voting centers at the Archuleta County Courthouse and Pine River Library, plus a mobile drop box at 10 Solomon Drive.
- Despite the weather, voter turnout in Archuleta and La Plata counties is approaching 50%, with Griswold noting that displaced residents can visit any polling center in Colorado to receive a replacement ballot.
- The National Weather Service linked the severe weather to warming Pacific waters disrupting regional patterns, while road closures on U.S. Highway 160 remain a challenge for residents navigating recovery efforts.
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Receding floodwaters leave a sea of mud and shattered homes in the U.S. Southwest
The massive amounts of water that flooded parts of the U.S. Southwest turned some communities into lakes of mud, leaving residents dealing with the loss of homes and businesses on Tuesday.
·Toronto, Canada
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PAGOSA SPRINGS, Colorado, USA (AP) — The huge amounts of water that flooded parts of the southwestern United States turned some communities into mud lakes, leaving residents grappling with the loss of homes and businesses as they began...
·Pennsylvania, United States
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Heavy rains have hit the southwestern United States, causing widespread flooding. The city of Pagosa Springs was badly damaged, with the San Juan River carrying away an entire house, which crashed into a pedestrian bridge and collapsed.
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