3 dead, including 2 children, in New Mexico flooding, local authorities say

[muriel_volestrangler]

Source: ABC

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.

The three were "swept downstream by the unprecedented floodwaters that struck" the Village of Ruidoso, village officials said in a statement. More than 50 others were rescued by emergency crews, the village said.
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The Rio Ruidoso rose "to a record-breaking 20 feet -- five feet higher than the previous record," officials said.
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The National Weather Service in Albuquerque said early data placed the river's crest at 20.24 feet on Tuesday afternoon, which would break the record of 15.86 feet that was set on July 20, 2024.

Read more: https://abcnews.go.com/US/deadly-new-mexico-flooding-rio-ruidoso/story?id=123599023

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[Skittles]

1. "five feet higher than the previous record"

all bets are off now; it's just dreadful and will get worse

[2naSalit]

2. "five feet higher than the previous record"

Set almost exactly a year ago.

[Skittles]

3. America is in so much trouble

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our entire government was handed over to fucking assholes who deny climate change, promote fossil fuels, demonize science and vaccines, WTF, if you HANDED America to Putin he couldn't do much worse

[Walleye]

4. Correct. All of the United States policy now is based on cockamamie conspiracy theories. No truth at all.

[Gimpyknee]

5. Where were Senators Heinrich and Lujan?

Just ask’n.

[alittlelark]

7. I know SenHeinrich sent out an alert at 4:44 yesterday

To get to higher ground if you lived in the area.

[Torchlight]

8. Not on vacation, I'd hazard.

Just guess'n.

[sop]

6. ''It's too late': David Suzuki says the fight against climate change is lost'

“'We have failed to shift the narrative and we are still caught up in the same legal, economic and political systems,' said David Suzuki in an exclusive interview with iPolitics. 'For me, what we’ve got to do now is hunker down.'"

https://www.ipolitics.ca/2025/07/02/its-too-late-david-suzuki-says-the-fight-against-climate-change-is-lost/

[in2herbs]

9. Are your friends/relatives living in or near the Village of Ruidoso safe Omaha Steve? nt

[Bayard]

10. Monsoon Season

Wonder how much warning they had.

[Bayard]

11. Monsoon Season

Wonder how much warning they had.