RUIDOSO, N.M. (AP) — A southern New Mexico village that was ravaged by wildfires in June and then battered off-and-on by flooding across burn scars was...
RUIDOSO, N.M. — A southern New Mexico village that was ravaged by wildfires in June and then battered off-and-on by flooding across burn scars was cleaning up Monday from another round of flash flooding in which a dozen people had to be rescued and many more were displaced from their homes.
With a flash flood watch in effect for parts of central and south-central New Mexico on Monday into Tuesday, the troops helped to distribute sandbags and with road repair, said Danielle Silva, director of communications for the New Mexico Department of Homeland Security and Emergency Management.About 45 people who had been displaced from their homes spent the night in a state-funded temporary shelter, she said.
“This area has never experienced this kind of flooding,” he said in a video posted on the track’s website Monday morning. “You can’t beat Mother Nature. You just can’t. She showed us yesterday who’s in control." Overpeck said he knew the horse track's decision to shut down for the rest of the summer was a difficult one, but was the best decision for public safety.
Of the 19 fast-flood emergencies since June 19 on the South Fork Fire and Salt Fire burn scar areas, Ruidoso has been included in 13 of them.
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