Intense rainstorms linked to a very active El Niño-driven Pacific hurricane season have left thousands of people in the Four Corners states displaced or facing massive cleanups from flooding. The adjoining states of Colorado, New Mexico, Utah and Arizona all saw substantial flooding last week, and damage assessments are just starting to trickle in from cities, towns and some of the most remote territory in the continental U.S. The northern New Mexico city of Farmington was hit particularly hard after torrential rains fell on the San Juan mountains in Colorado, sending floodwaters down the San Juan River that passes through Farmington on its way to Lake Powell on the Utah-Arizona border.

Other Southwest storm and flooding news:

• The Colorado Sun (Denver): Rescues and devastation: What it looked like when southwestern Colorado began flooding
• The Denver Post (Colo.): Hundreds of southwest Colorado homes affected by flood, state officials estimate
• Las Vegas Review-Journal: The Southwest is soaked. More rain is coming Halloween weekend