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Rivers are expected to rise AGAIN with more rain due in America's Four Corners after 'once in a generation' floods

Rivers are expected to rise AGAIN with more rain due in America's Four Corners after 'once in a generation' floods

Up to another inch of rain could fall on Saturday on ground already soaked by four inches since Wednesday. Around Farmington and Shiprock in New Mexico, crews conducted 20 rescues; evacuation orders went out to 600 homes and roughly 1,500 residents lost power. In southern Colorado the San Juan River climbed three feet above last year's 100-year flood level. Highway 64 west of Shiprock remains closed.

Aimee Goodday's family spent 12 hours stranded on their trailer roof before rescue.

National Guard troops airlifted an infant suffering seizures to safety on Thursday night.

Archuleta County's sheriff called the damage 'catastrophic', far worse than last year's flooding.

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