Navajo Nation President Buu Nygren thanked first responders for working through the night in difficult and dangerous conditions as they searched for the people.

Three people were killed on the Navajo Nation in New Mexico as Monsoon rains caused problems across the Four Corners region.

Authorities said three people died after being swept away by floodwaters in the Navajo Nation community of Newcomb, New Mexico.

Heavy rain and flash flooding remain the main weather threat across central and western New Mexico Thursday into Friday morning.

Flash flooding across the Navajo Nation has damaged roads, forced evacuations and claimed three lives as a late-season surge of monsoon moisture brings heavy rain to the Four Corners region

Indigenous authorities issue condolences after two adults and a child swept away by floodwaters in southwestern state.

Forecasters cautioned that flash flooding would affect nearby reservoirs, bridges, culverts and roadways, according to KOAT's report on the warning. Excessive rainfall over the burn scar was expected to hit the Rio Bonito, Eagle Creek, Cedar Creek and Rio Ruidoso drainages — the same waterway that has been involved in major flooding in the area.

NEW MEXICO (KRQE) – Recent rainfall across New Mexico has closed several roads. The New Mexico Department of Transportation closed U.S. Route 70 in Hidalgo County due to flood damage. Both directions of the road are closed from the intersection with NM Route 90 all the way to the Arizona state line.