Gov. Cox declared a state of emergency Friday after floods inundated homes, washed out roads and destroyed bridges across southern Utah.

Officials said it would be at least another day before people would be able to return to their properties because of the severity of the flooding.

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Homes were swept away, roads damaged and emergency resources stretched thin as crews surveyed the destruction left by 2 major floods in just over a week

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Flooding this week in San Juan County and in neighboring states Colorado and Arizona has impacted thousands of residents, including many who had already lost their homes to floodwaters last week.

Voters in the affected areas who cannot reasonably travel to an in-person polling location will receive an email on Election Day morning. Continue reading…

Just as San Juan County was starting to recover from last week's floods, more rain dumped on its communities. And now the forecast is warning of a possible new surge Wednesday.

Dozens of displaced families were receiving support at the San Juan County Fairgrounds near Farmington while waiting for still-rising floodwaters to recede.

Brycen Bloom, 8, walks over mud covering what remains of a road heavily damaged by flooding from the San Juan River near Bloomfield on Monday, Nov. 2, 2026.

Chris Bloom, right, and son Brycen, 8, stand on the remnants of a road that was washed out by flooding from the San Juan River in Bloomfield on Monday, Nov. 2, 2026.

A storage container is wedged under the bridge on County Road 5500 as the San Juan River rushes beneath near Bloomfield on Monday, Nov. 2, 2026.

Vehicles, trailers and mobile homes sit submerged in floodwaters from the San Juan River at the River Bend RV in Bloomfield on Monday, Nov. 2, 2026.

Brycen Bloom, 8, sits on a downed fence hanging over the remnants of a road heavily damaged by flooding from the San Juan River near Bloomfield on Monday, Nov. 2, 2026.

Chris Bloom stands on the remnants of a road that was destroyed by flooding from the San Juan River near Bloomfield as he looks at the flood damage to his family's property on Monday, Nov. 2, 2026.