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Flooding Washes out New Mexico Highway 170 Near Farmington

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New Mexico State Highway 170 washed out at mile marker 3, three miles west of Farmington, in San Juan County. The National Weather Service's Albuquerque office reported the washout in a Local Storm Report timed at 12:20 p.m. MST Sunday, Nov. 1, 2026.

A second Local Storm Report from the same office said the highway washed out at mile marker 18, four miles north of La Plata, five minutes later, at 12:25 p.m. MST.

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By Kate AlbrekhtWriter

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