# Colorado town braces for historic flood as heavy rains batter south-west

- Source: Guardian World
- Published: 2026-11-02T12:44:47+00:00
- Category: World
- Original: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/nov/02/colorado-flash-flooding-arizona-new-mexico
- Canonical: https://groundlevelnews.com/story/colorado-town-braces-for-historic-flood-as-heavy-rains-batter-south-we-75bebf/

Mandatory evacuations in Arizona and New Mexico with Pagosa Springs warned of potentially ‘catastrophic’ deluge Heavy rainfall produced flash flooding and mandatory evacuations in a swath of the south-west on Sunday, including in a Colorado tourist town bracing for its main river to rise to historic levels, as weary residents in the normally arid region deal with another drenching. Officials in Pa

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