Crews are working to clear twisted metal, broken trees and muddy debris from streets and homes a day after monsoon rains triggered a deadly flash flood in southern New Mexico. A man and two children were killed Tuesday when they were swept away as the Rio Ruidoso crested, bringing with it a wall of …
No deaths were immediately reported, but Danielle Silva of the New Mexico Department of Homeland Security and Emergency Management said the extent of the destruction wouldn’t be known until the water recedes.
Ruidoso, a New Mexico mountain town hit by devastating wildfires last year, saw dangerous flooding Tuesday after heavy rain fell on areas burned in the blazes, officials said.
RUIDOSO, New Mexico (KVIA) -- The Village of Ruidoso has confirmed at least 3 people have died after flash flooding in the area. The victims were swept downstream by floodwater, according to the Village of Ruidoso.
Three people were killed when monsoon rains triggered flash flooding in a New Mexico village, sending walls of water, mud and debris rushing down mountainsides that have been repeatedly scarred over recent years by wildfires and post-fire flooding.
By Hanna Park, Mary Gilbert, CNN (CNN) — At least three people, including two children, were killed in a wildfire-scarred village in southern New Mexico after torrential rain triggered raging flash flooding Tuesday, officials said.
Flash flooding in New Mexico claimed the lives of a man and two young girls as monsoon rains caused river to rise five feet higher than its previous record.
A man and two children were killed by record-breaking flash flooding in the Village of Ruidoso, New Mexico, as heavy rain fell on areas that were burned in wildfires last year, prompting a rapid water rise.
Flash flooding from heavy rain killed at least three people and prompted dozens of rescues in the Ruidoso area of southern New Mexico, officials said — the same area devastated by wildfires last year.
Three people, including two young children, were killed when flash flooding swept through the village of Ruidoso, New Mexico, according to local officials. The victims were caught in rapidly rising waters after heavy monsoonal rains triggered a major flood along the Rio Ruidoso on Tuesday.
Three people have died in a mountain village in southern New Mexico that is a popular summer retreat after monsoon rains triggered flash flooding, officials said.
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — At least three people were missing in a mountain village in southern New Mexico that is a popular summer retreat after monsoon rains triggered flash
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