THE WEATHER BEAT · OCT 24

Where to get help: the Colorado and New Mexico river floods

Federal aid, 211, the New Mexico and Utah emergency agencies, the Red Cross and SBA loans after the Four Corners river floods.

By the Weather Rock October 24, 2026, 3:25 p.m. · 3 min read

GOES satellite view of the event region — GOES view of the Four Corners and northern New Mexico on Saturday morning, October 24, the same scene as the accompanying river flood story. Image: NOAA GOES-East GeoColor via NASA GIBS, 2026-10-24 15:00Z.

Key points

This list goes with this morning's story on the river floods in New Mexico, Colorado and Utah. In that story, NWS offices reported flooded structures in Archuleta and La Plata counties, Colorado, and evacuated housing areas along the Rio Grande.
Here are the federal disaster aid application, 211, the state emergency management agencies for New Mexico and Utah, the Red Cross, the Salvation Army and SBA disaster loans.
Every link comes from the Weather Beat's standing verified aid list. This is a summary of where to ask, not emergency information.

Where to get help: the Colorado and New Mexico river floods

This list goes with today's story, The San Juan River sets a flood of record at Farmington as the Animas and the Rio Grande run near their highest crests. That story covered river flood warnings from Farmington and Shiprock in New Mexico to Pagosa Springs, Durango and the Rio Grande valley in Colorado, and down the San Juan to Mexican Hat in Utah.

Apply for federal disaster aid. disasterassistance.gov is the federal government's site for applying for disaster assistance. It asks for an address and tells you whether that area has been declared and what you can apply for.

Call 211. 211.org is the United Way's 211 line. You can call or text it for local aid referrals of any kind, in Colorado, New Mexico or Utah.

New Mexico Department of Homeland Security and Emergency Management. dhsem.nm.gov is New Mexico's state emergency management agency. It is for readers along the San Juan, Animas and La Plata rivers in San Juan County, and on the Rio Chama and Rio San Jose.

Utah Emergency Management. dem.utah.gov is Utah's state emergency management agency. It is for readers in San Juan County, Utah, where the river warning runs to Monday.

American Red Cross. The Red Cross get-help page lists open shelters and emergency assistance for anyone displaced by the flooding.

The Salvation Army. The Salvation Army's national site is a starting point for disaster relief support in an affected area.

SBA disaster loans. The SBA disaster assistance page covers loans for homeowners, renters and businesses, not businesses alone.

Ready.gov, floods. The Ready.gov floods page is the federal government's flood preparedness guidance.

NWS flood safety. The National Weather Service flood safety page is the Weather Service's own flood safety guidance.

This is a summary of where to ask, not emergency information. For live warnings see weather.gov and your local officials.