FARMINGTON, N.M. – The San Juan River hit major flood stage again around noon on Monday, and evacuations spread across parts of San Juan County as Wild Horse Valley families still cleaned up.
The Animas River also went over its banks, and emergency alerts told people living within a half mile of any river to evacuate.
In Wild Horse Valley, one of the hardest hit neighborhoods from last week’s flooding, families continued to deal with heavy damage and rising water.
“Our community has been just devastated by this horrible storm, and we can’t take much more of it. My kids have been terrified. The thunder, the lightning. We’ve had trees falling on our house,” said Shawnita Jones.
Jones said water reached homes across the neighborhood and families also lost animals as they tried to recover.
“The water has risen up to people’s homes, inside their homes. They’ve lost animals. I mean, our own animals didn’t come back for the whole day. People have lost cattle and everything. I mean, chickens. There’s no animals out here anymore. Everything is just gone,” said Jones.
The concern stretched across San Juan County as families worked to clean up from last week’s flooding while river levels kept rising and added more uncertainty.
