Four Corners

I'm your host, Daniel Chacon.

Our guest this week is San Juan County Manager Mike Stark, who has certainly had his hands full in recent days after torrential rains wreaked havoc in Northwest New Mexico and the surrounding Four Corners region.

images from the area showed neighborhoods underwater people stranded on rooftops dramatic helicopter rescues and raging rivers swallowing roads and bridges mr stark i imagine you've had very little sleep in recent days so thank you for joining us

no happy to be here and appreciate the opportunity to to visit with you and share what's happening here in San Juan County.

Well, and

obviously, as we know, down in Socorro County right now, they're still dealing with floodwaters and up in the Four Corners region as well.

And guess what? We have more rain.

on the way here over the next few days in New Mexico.

And our chances for rain on Monday, Tuesday and maybe Wednesday of next week.

So you can see this long wave swinging over the four corners on Monday, then sweeping across the southern plains into Tuesday of next week, Election Day.

And then by Wednesday of next week, it continues to progress across the southern United States and into the end of next week.

This will bring us chances for rain again Monday, Tuesday, maybe Wednesday.

And here it is.

We're going back not that long ago, but this image is not from today.

We're looking at the Four Corners region before.

And after the recent flooding that they have experienced from the heavy rain.

Greg Haney, KJZZ News, Phoenix.

In recent days, storms have dropped intense rainfall on rural and tribal communities in the Four Corners region.

As Chris Clements reports in Flagstaff, that includes a village on the Navajo Nation in Arizona.

Rock Point is uniquely susceptible to flooding.

Thank you, OJ.

Historic flooding across the Navajo Nation in the Four Corners region has triggered widespread emergency rescues, community evacuations, and significant infrastructure damage along the San Juan River Corridor.

Let's talk more about that.

And to do so, we have joining us now from Farmington, New Mexico, Lisa Byrd.

It's no wonder that you see cars and roads just completely destroyed.

Pagosa Springs received major flooding through the middle of town, and the Four Corners region has been hit perhaps the hardest from this weekend's flooding.

The town of Shiprock has been evacuated and inundated with flooding.

On a different note, this past Saturday, a skier was caught in an avalanche in the Moose Creek Bowl just below the summit of Mount Bras.

Then, of course, one hour from now, Mick Hess will be here roving with the arts.

That is our weekday classical music program coming your way at 9.06. A special 90-minute version on Wednesdays, of course, to take us to 10.30. And right on four corners, our local and regional author program, And this week, Delcerie Spinner is talking with author Elissa Grolnick about her book, The Weighty Word Book, which has really taken off.

It was published almost 40 years ago, and a post on TikTok has made it now a viral sensation.

We'll learn more about its new popularity at 10.30 today on KSJE.