More rain triggers flash flood evacuations in Colorado, Arizona

Source Scout · The Gazette reports: In southwestern Colorado, officials in Pagosa Springs , a town in the Rockies located near ski resorts and known for its hot springs, warned in a Facebook post of potentially “catastrophic flooding” as the San Juan River was forecast to crest at more than 19 feet around 11 p.m. Sunday. “To put the forecast into perspective, during the devastating 1911 flood that wiped out most of what existed as the town of Pagosa at that time, the San Juan River crested at about 17.8 feet,” the Archuleta County Sheriff’s Office said in a separate Facebook post . “This is a potentially catastrophic flood event.

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