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Navajo Nation officials ordered evacuations Sunday for some residents of Chinle after floodwaters filled washes and overflowed berms and dirt dams.They said many residents are refusing to leave, however, because they want to protect their property and livestock.Tribal officials said water from Tsaile Lake and Wheatfields Lake was flowing down the Chinle Wash.
Volunteers are working to fill sandbags and keep back the rising floodwaters.
CHINLE, Ariz. (AP) — Navajo Nation officials ordered evacuations Sunday for some residents of Chinle after floodwaters filled washes and overflowed berms and dirt dams. They said many residents are refusing to leave, however, because they want to protect their property and livestock.