Extreme Weather Arizona Southwest Flooding
From left, Mateo Heras, Fr. Matt Lowry and Luke Willson fill sandbags to help with flooding at Our Lady of Guadalupe church in Flagstaff, Ariz., Sunday, Nov. 1, 2026.
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Another round of heavy rains and flash flooding has triggered evacuations along rivers in parts of Colorado, Utah, New Mexico and Arizona. The water's receding now in one Colorado tourist town, but other rivers are still rising. The San Juan River crested Sunday night in Pagosa Springs, Colorado, reaching close to a level that devastated the town back in 1911. The flooding has closed some Election Day polling sites in the Southwest, forcing changes in some voting plans. Arizona officials ordered evacuations along Oak Creek in Sedona, and in Tucson, Arizona, a meteorologist said they're getting several months’ worth of rain in just a couple of days.