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More rain is expected to swell rivers again in US Four Corners after 'once in a generation' floods force rescues

More rain is expected to swell rivers again in US Four Corners after 'once in a generation' floods force rescues

Aimee Goodday and her family spent 12 hours stranded on their trailer roof after freezing water poured in at midnight in New Mexico. Around 600 homes near Farmington have been urged to evacuate, and some 1,500 people have lost power. In southern Colorado, the San Juan River ran 3ft higher than last year's 100-year flood. Up to another inch of rain could fall on already saturated ground.

Since Thursday, rescue operations between Farmington and Bloomfield have totalled at least 60.

Farmington Police Chief Steve Hebbe: 'So far, we have not had any deaths.'

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