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Survivors of the Ruidoso, New Mexico flash flood recount the horrors of the events that left three people dead and a community recovery.
At least three people, including two children, have died due to flash flooding in Ruidoso, New Mexico on Tuesday, July 8.
Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham declared a state of emergency for the village of Ruidoso, in an area that was scarred by wildfires last year.
El Paso Mayor Renard Johnson expressed condolences following the Tuesday, July 8, flash flood in Ruidoso that killed three people, including two children from a Fort Bliss family.
A man and two children were killed in a record-breaking flash flood that swept through a village in New Mexico on Tuesday, local officials said.
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At least three people died, including two children, after heavy rains triggered flash floods in New Mexico on Tuesday.
The summer rainy season in New Mexico usually brings daily alerts about the potential for flooding around the arid state.
The current map, as of Wednesday, July 9, of road closures by the Ruidoso All-Hazard Information Network, provided by the Ruidoso Office of Emergency Management, notes that many roads are washed out as a result of the rainfall. They include: