18 publishers · first seen Sun, 01 Nov 2026 03:33 UTC · updated Wed, 04 Nov 2026 01:06 UTC
Skies began to clear in the U.S. Southwest, but floodwaters from almost two weeks of heavy rain still inundated parts of the region. One person died in the floodwaters, and police suspect a second death was weather-related. In Colorado, Jack Ellis, a retired schoolteacher, surveyed damage along the San Juan River in Pagosa Springs, which has suffered through multiple rounds of severe flooding in recent weeks. More than 20 trillion gallons of rain have fallen on the Four Corners states and Nevada in the past two weeks, according to former National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration chief scientist Ryan Maue. The U.S. Southwest has endured two recent major rounds of storms, with rain falling on ground already saturated from an especially wet fall.
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