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Atlantic or Pacific hurricane. The rainfall total at Gladstone was unusual. In typical years at that elevation, such precipitation would usually occur as snowfall. The event also marked
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October 11, a week after its passage. High winds ripped off roofs and leveled houses in Guaymas. In the same city, floodwaters surpassed the seawall and inundated coastal areas 3 ft (0.91 m) deep, causing heavy damage. The storm
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Indians of such severe floods occurring simultaneously in all the streams of southwestern Colorado and northwestern New Mexico." The sudden rainfall caused the Goose Lake Reservoir, located near the head of the
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suffered at least $ 500,000 in damages, after the floods destroyed 7 mi (11 km) of railroad track, along with several bridges. Two rail lines were closed for at least 50 days. Along the San Juan River, the floods swept away 18 buildings and a power plant. At
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and other nearby towns were damaged, with roofs torn and rail lines washed away. In Mexico, the storm killed between 300–500 people. The remnants of the storm moved into the southwestern United States and interacted with a
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Arizona and Utah.
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