Southwest to Rockies: Snowmelt Causes Flooding and Rescues.

Rapid snowmelt after a wet winter is causing flooding from the Southwest to the Rockies, leading to evacuations and sandbagging efforts. Emergency crews rescued people from high water in New Mexico, and flooding in Flagstaff, Arizona, led to road closures and submerged urban trails. Heavy snowpack and warm temperatures in northwest Colorado caused flooding, and fears of heavy flooding in the Northern Plains have led to the assembly of thousands of sandbags. Climate change has been cited as a factor in the rising waters.