Hundreds of homes remained evacuated and without electricity Saturday after days of heavy rain — over 5 inches in places — surged water from the Colorado mountains into the New Mexico and Arizona desert.

Even as the San Juan River and other streams receded from record highs , more storms rumbled through.

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Upstream in Colorado, the milkshake-brown San Juan River raged through the hot springs resort town of Pagosa Springs at a level unseen in over a century. The flood was 2-3 feet higher than one just over a year ago that officials considered a 100-year flood.

Due to the severity of the flooding, the Colorado National Guard on Saturday said nearly 100 of its members are supporting Archuleta County authorities.

“We are rapidly mobilizing to help our neighbors respond to this emergency,” said Director of Joint Staff U.S. Army Brig. Gen. William DiProfio in the news release.…