Communities in southwestern Colorado are drying out after historic flooding submerged parts of Pagosa Springs over the weekend, but residents are bracing for more storms.

Standing water, debris, and closed roads marked much of the town on Sunday morning after extreme flooding left some neighborhoods underwater the previous night. Evacuation orders have since been lifted.

While the San Juan River was still running high Sunday, officials said no injuries or deaths had been reported.

The flood risk has decreased for now, but it's only a brief respite.

The peak flow Saturday evening reached nearly 8,300 cubic feet per second -- more than 10 times the river's normal rate. Harris urged people to stay out of the water despite its appeal to rafters.

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