NPR reported that intense rainfall "slammed the Four Corners region" late this week, and that as rivers flooded, towns in the area took emergency steps. The outlet's full account, found at NPR's full report on Four Corners flooding, carries a headline that says flooding has hit the region and more is expected through the weekend.

According to NPR, towns declared evacuations and emergencies and made rescues as the rivers flooded. NPR's summary does not name the towns or rivers involved, or say how many people were evacuated or rescued, and this story does not supply those details. Without them, the scale of the response cannot be measured from this report.

NPR's headline also says more flooding is expected through the weekend. The summary does not say who made that expectation or what it is based on, so this story does not describe its basis or how much additional flooding is anticipated. The expectation, as NPR reported it, is not described further in the material available for this story.

NPR's report was written by Ava Berger. This story is based on that single NPR report, and no other outlet's account was reviewed, so no differing accounts can be compared here. Where NPR's material is silent on a point, this story is silent as well.

NPR's summary does not describe the boundaries of the Four Corners region or identify which areas within it were affected most. This story does not offer that information either. The headline and summary together establish the core facts reported here, and this story adds no facts beyond those NPR has provided.

Sources: NPR: Severe flooding hits Four Corners region, more expected through the weekend.