Southern Colorado flooding recovery continues with damage assessments

DURANGO, Colo. — La Plata County leaders are hosting a public flood recovery meeting in the exhibit hall at the county fairgrounds Tuesday night.

Leaders from the county, the City of Durango, the San Juan National Forest and other agencies will provide updates on flood damage and recovery efforts at the meeting. That starts at 6 p.m.

Officials will start damage assessments in southwest Colorado after the flooding. They need to do this to determine if they can ask the Federal Emergency Management Agency for a major disaster declaration.

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