Businesses work to reopen after flooding in Belen Share Updated: 8:14 PM MDT Jul 14, 2021 Share Updated: 8:14 PM MDT Jul 14, 2021 Hide Transcript Show Transcript FLOOD. SASHA: WHEN YOU OP TENHE DOORS OF ANEW BOTIQUE, THIS IS WHAT YOU’LL SEE. FANS ON THE FLOOR, AND DOORS OPEN, TRYING TO DRY OUT THE MOISTURE FROM LAST WEEKS FLOODING. >> WE HAD MUD ABOUT A INCH THK.IC WE DO HAVE TILE, THE BACK OFFICES WERE CARPETED. SASHA: FOR THE PAST WEEK, MARGIE RENDE HAS BEEN CLEANING UP HER STE.OR >> WE HAD TO MOVE A LOT OF ITEMS THAT WERE DAMAGED. THAT’S RIGHT AWAY WE HAD TO TOSS. SASHA: BUT SHE WAS ALSO ABLE TO SALVAGE A LOT. FROM HANDBAGS, TO ART, AND CLOTHING. THIS ISN’T THE FIRST TIME SHE HAS HAD TO DEAL WITH FLOODING. JUST A FEW BLOCKS DOWN THE ROAD IS HER ORIGINAL STORE. IN 2018, THIS IS WHERE WE FIRST MET HER AFTER HER STORE FLOODED. >> I THOUGHT WE WERE GOING TO BE OK BECAUSE WE ARE ON HIGHER GROUND THIS TIME. SASHA: YOU CAN SEE JUST HOW BAD THE FLOODS WERE. INCHES OF WATER IN HER STORE, THE CARPET SINKS WHEN YOU STEP ON IT. >> YOU DON’T HAVE WORDS FOR. IT’ LSIKE, NOT AGAIN. YOU COME IN AND IT’S LIKE,H O GOD. SASHA: SHE THOUGHT HER STORE WOULD RECOVER, BUT THAT DIDN’T HAPPEN. THEY WERE NOT ABLE TO RESTORE THE DAMAGE. ONCE SHE OPENEUPD THIS LOCATION, COVID HIT. >> I AM GLAD I WAS ABLE TO OPEN WITHIN A WEEK. SASHA: WITH ANOTHER CHANCE OF STORMS TODAY, SHE IS PREPARED. >> WE DO HAVE SANDBAGS. WE WENT AND GOT MORE. WE HAVE 1, 2, 3, 4 DOORS WREHE THE FLOOD CAME IN THROUGH. RON: MARGI