{"id":39089,"date":"2022-08-04T18:06:34","date_gmt":"2022-08-05T00:06:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/navajo-nation-declares-state-of-emergency-because-of-flooding\/"},"modified":"2022-08-05T00:06:34","modified_gmt":"2022-08-05T00:06:34","slug":"navajo-nation-declares-state-of-emergency-because-of-flooding","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/navajo-nation-declares-state-of-emergency-because-of-flooding\/","title":{"rendered":"Navajo Nation declares state of emergency because of flooding"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><figure class=\"wp-block-image naviga-inline-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/imengine.public.prod.dur.navigacloud.com\/?uuid=944d9ce2-0f04-5788-bc1f-e5854ebcbd6f&#038;function=cover&#038;type=preview&#038;source=false&#038;width=2000\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" alt=\"Navajo Nation President Jonathan Nez arrives for an event with first lady Jill Biden, Phoenix Mayor Kate Gallego and Doug Emhoff, husband of Vice President Kamala Harris at Isaac Middle School in Phoenix in 2021. Nez on Friday signed an agreement from the Navajo Nation Council to deliver funding to improve infrastructure for water, electricity, high-speed internet, housing, COVID-19 mitigation and specialized hardship assistance to projects and residents across the reservation spanning portions of Arizona, New Mexico and Utah. (Carolyn Kaster\/AP Pool, file)\" class=\"naviga-image\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><figcaption><span class=\"caption\">Navajo Nation President Jonathan Nez arrives for an event with first lady Jill Biden, Phoenix Mayor Kate Gallego and Doug Emhoff, husband of Vice President Kamala Harris at Isaac Middle School in Phoenix in 2021. Nez on Friday signed an agreement from the Navajo Nation Council to deliver funding to improve infrastructure for water, electricity, high-speed internet, housing, COVID-19 mitigation and specialized hardship assistance to projects and residents across the reservation spanning portions of Arizona, New Mexico and Utah. (Carolyn Kaster\/AP Pool, file)<\/span><span class=\"credit\">Carolyn Kaster<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. \u2013 Navajo Nation officials declared a state of emergency Thursday because of increased flooding from recent monsoon rains.<\/p>\n<p>The declaration by the tribe\u2019s Commission on Emergency Management will allow local chapters to access additional resources to help mitigate the impacts of heavy rainfall.<\/p>\n<p>Navajo Nation President Jonathan Nez said the tribe\u2019s emergency response personnel have been out in the communities every day helping people recover from recent flooding.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes, there are many challenges and not enough personnel to get to every site immediately, but they are making progress,\u201d he said. \u201cThe Navajo Division of Transportation also continues to work on repairs to roads that were damaged.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe recommend all Navajo households, communities and organizations be prepared as we continue to see scattered thunderstorms throughout the Navajo Nation this week,\u201d he added. \u201cAs we move forward into the fall and winter seasons, we need everyone to be proactive and plan ahead for more severe weather.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Nez said tribal health workers have been going to various communities providing support and assistance for elderly residents and those with health conditions.<\/p>\n<p>A flood watch remains in effect throughout this week on the tribe\u2019s vast reservation that covers parts of northeastern Arizona, northwestern New Mexico and southeastern Utah.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nation President Jonathan Nez arrives for an event with first lady Jill Biden, Phoenix Mayor Kate Gallego and Doug Emhoff, husband of Vice President Kamala Harris at Isaac Middle School in Phoenix in 2021. Nez on Friday signed an agreement from the Navajo Nation Council to deliver funding to improve infrastructure for water, electricity, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":39090,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[1655],"naviga_topic":[],"class_list":["post-39089","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-navajo-nation"],"acf":[],"author_name":"dh_admin","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39089","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=39089"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39089\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/39090"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39089"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=39089"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=39089"},{"taxonomy":"naviga_topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/naviga_topic?post=39089"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}