Story perspectives
Navajo Nation Orders Evacuations as Flooding Peaks Sunday
By Drooid · · How we work
1 of 1
Story summary
- Navajo Nation Emergency Management ordered evacuations of Bluff, Montezuma Creek and Aneth as river water rose.
- National Weather Service warned flooding would start Sunday morning and peak around 5 p.m.
- Shelters opened at Aneth Community School and San Juan High School in Blanding.
- Rezroads Rescue co-founder Chantal Wadsworth said 90 % of Navajo roads are unpaved, muddy streams.
- President Buu Nygren said recovery will take several weeks beyond the immediate flood.