Severe flooding across Colorado and New Mexico left hundreds without power and forced evacuations, with emergency crews carrying out overnight rescues and key roads and bridges remaining closed on Saturday across the Four Corners region.

Officials anticipated further precipitation on Saturday where the borders of Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, and Utah meet.

Two months of heavy rains had already broken a summer drought, delivering 4 inches (10 centimeters) of rain from Wednesday through Friday onto saturated soil, with an additional 1 inch (2.5 centimeters) possible on Saturday.

"We may see some floodwaters receding, but there will be more rain, and the rivers are expected to rise again," San Juan County, New Mexico, Emergency Management warned in a Facebook post Saturday.

Emergency responders staged 20 rescues near Farmington and Shiprock, New Mexico.

Officials advised residents of 600 homes to evacuate, while local power companies reported around 1,500 people were left without electricity.

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