New Mexico, Ruidoso and flash flood
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The loss of three lives to flash flooding in the mountain village of Ruidoso is “unfathomable and unfair,” New Mexico’s governor said Thursday, as
The Red Cross is sending several volunteers from Tucson to help those in need in Ruidoso, New Mexico, following destructive flooding.
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Powder on MSNNew Mexico Mountain Town Rocked by Historic FloodsSandbags protect a building in Ruidoso, New Mexico after floods swept through town in July of 2024. This week's floods rose significantly higher. Photo: The Washington Post
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The two children were identified as Charlotte Trotter, 4, and Sebastian Trotter, 7, according to their aunt Tiffanie Wyatt. She said their father, Sebastian Trotter, a solder based at Fort Bliss in El Paso, Texas, and their mother, Stephanie, both suffered serious injuries but survived and were receiving medical treatment at a hospital in Texas.
The village of Ruidoso was under a flash flood emergency as slow moving storms left people trapped in homes and prompted multiple water rescues.
Flash flooding triggered by heavy monsoon rains in New Mexico trapped dozens of people in homes and vehicles in and around the mountain resort village of Ruidoso on Tuesday and swept away an entire house,
Visitors to a local brewery in Ruidoso, New Mexico, were stunned to see a house swept away by rushing floodwaters on Tuesday as they waited out the danger.