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muriel_volestrangler

(105,557 posts)
Wed Jul 9, 2025, 04:08 AM Jul 2025

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

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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3 dead, including 2 children, in New Mexico flooding, local authorities say (Original Post) muriel_volestrangler Jul 2025 OP
"five feet higher than the previous record" Skittles Jul 2025 #1
"five feet higher than the previous record" 2naSalit Jul 2025 #2
America is in so much trouble Skittles Jul 2025 #3
Correct. All of the United States policy now is based on cockamamie conspiracy theories. No truth at all. Walleye Jul 2025 #4
Where were Senators Heinrich and Lujan? Gimpyknee Jul 2025 #5
I know SenHeinrich sent out an alert at 4:44 yesterday alittlelark Jul 2025 #7
Not on vacation, I'd hazard. Torchlight Jul 2025 #8
''It's too late': David Suzuki says the fight against climate change is lost' sop Jul 2025 #6
Are your friends/relatives living in or near the Village of Ruidoso safe Omaha Steve? nt in2herbs Jul 2025 #9
Monsoon Season Bayard Jul 2025 #10
Monsoon Season Bayard Jul 2025 #11

Skittles

(169,516 posts)
1. "five feet higher than the previous record"
Wed Jul 9, 2025, 04:27 AM
Jul 2025

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

Skittles

(169,516 posts)
3. America is in so much trouble
Wed Jul 9, 2025, 04:45 AM
Jul 2025

Last edited Wed Jul 9, 2025, 02:04 PM - Edit history (1)

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

(43,807 posts)
4. Correct. All of the United States policy now is based on cockamamie conspiracy theories. No truth at all.
Wed Jul 9, 2025, 04:52 AM
Jul 2025

alittlelark

(19,091 posts)
7. I know SenHeinrich sent out an alert at 4:44 yesterday
Wed Jul 9, 2025, 06:56 AM
Jul 2025

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

sop

(17,400 posts)
6. ''It's too late': David Suzuki says the fight against climate change is lost'
Wed Jul 9, 2025, 06:16 AM
Jul 2025

“'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/

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