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Uninsured and flooded out, a Colorado man worries if life will be normal again

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Gruver, M., & Peterson, B. (2026, November 6). Uninsured and flooded out, a Colorado man worries if life will be normal again. Toronto Star. https://www.thestar.com/news/world/united-states/uninsured-and-flooded-out-a-colorado-man-worries-if-life-will-be-normal-again/article_26fb3b0c-7a98-57a9-893a-973f27406755.html

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Toronto Star · collected 2026-11-06 · by Mead Gruver, Brittany Peterson

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Matthew Martinez, a 60-year-old man living in Edith, Colorado, near the Navajo River, experienced unprecedented flooding twice within two weeks. These floods destroyed his home, outbuildings, and property, including damaging his barn and washing away his tools and a corral. Despite never having seen severe floods before, Martinez now faces uncertainty about returning to normal life due to the extensive damage and loss of possessions.
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Matthew Martinez, a 60-year-old resident of EDITH in far southwestern Colorado, has experienced unprecedented flooding over the past two weeks that severely impacted his home and property near the Navajo River, about 25 miles south of Pagosa Springs. The river surged through his house and outbuildings, damaging his barn and washing away a corral. His tools were also lost downstream. Martinez has lived in the canyon all his life but never witnessed such severe floods before. This event highlights the devastating impact of recent extreme weather events on uninsured residents who lack financial assistance to recover from natural disasters.

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Topics

Colo. Colorado EDITH Pagosa Springs

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Colo. GPE · 1× Colorado GPE · 1× EDITH GPE · 1× Matthew Martinez PERSON · 1× Pagosa Springs GPE · 1×

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Then twice over the last two weeks the river surged through his home and outbuildings in far southwestern Colorado, about 25 miles (40 kilometers) south of the resort town of Pagosa Springs.
framing: assertive · carried by 1 article(s) · first seen 2026-11-06
2026-11-06 · Toronto Star
Uninsured and flooded out, a Colorado man worries if life will be normal again · assertive framing

Claims (5 extracted, 0 hedged)

EDITH, Colo. (AP) — Matthew Martinez has lived nearly all of his 60 years in a canyon on the Navajo River and never saw severe floods. asserted
Martinez → live → floods
Then twice over the last two weeks the river surged through his home and outbuildings in far southwestern Colorado, about 25 miles (40 kilometers) south of the resort town of Pagosa Springs. asserted
river → surge → Springs
Now he’s missing a horse, his barn is damaged and the river swallowed a corral. asserted
river → miss → corral
The house is strewn with mud. asserted
house → strew → mud
His tools washed downstream. asserted
tools → wash → ?
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