Off-Nadir Delta

Flooding across Four Corners states kills 2, causes hundreds of millions in damage

Titles and summaries are AI-extracted from news reporting; every source is linked below. Event id e6971782-c07e-4759-8129-9df9d2a5db05.

Where
Farmingtonresolved to locality36.729, -108.205
When
Occurrence date not stated by reportingFirst reported 2026-10-25 · last update 2026-10-28
Sourcing
19 reports19 reports across 17 outlets · independence not established
How far this got
localizednamed facility unresolvedRadar coverage

Summary

Intense rainstorms linked to El Niño-driven Pacific hurricane activity triggered historic flooding across Colorado, New Mexico, Utah, and Arizona in late October 2026. The San Juan River, swollen to 14 feet in Farmington, New Mexico—possibly a record—inundated neighborhoods and forced thousands of evacuations. Small towns from Pagosa Springs, Colorado, to Bluff, Utah, experienced catastrophic flooding. Rescue operations by fire crews, police, National Guard troops, and swift water teams extracted between 200 and 300 residents in San Juan County alone. Two deaths were reported. Damage estimates for New Mexico infrastructure alone reached $300 million. Federal disaster assistance was announced, with a 25% state match required. The Navajo Nation and Hopi reservation also sustained extensive damage, including washed-out roads, flooded homes, and sewage spills from damaged wastewater treatment plants. By Sunday, rain had eased and river levels were falling, though officials warned evacuated residents to remain out of affected areas due to hazards including contaminated water, damaged gas lines, and live power lines.

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What remains unresolved

  • named facility unresolved

Timeline

28 recorded change(s). The ledger starts when this event was first folded: the initial observation is not recorded as a change, so an empty timeline means nothing has moved since, not that nothing is known.

  • 2026-10-27member countour measurement18 → 19reports joined

12 more change(s) — the values are part of the event detail on paid plans. 15 change(s) before the history shown here.

Sources

Grouped by outlet. Syndication is not collapsed, so several outlets can carry one wire story — the count is breadth of carriage, not independent confirmation.

19 reports in all; the full list with the facts taken from each is part of the event detail on Pro.

Related events

3 related event(s) and 12 place(s) or facilities — the same facility, place, actor or campaign. Part of the event detail on Pro.

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