Droughts have a similar effect: When soil dries out over long periods, it can become compacted or even crusted over, reducing its ability to absorb water. Severe to extreme preexisting drought ...

The children, ages four and seven, were swept downstream by a flash flood after the Rio Ruidoso river rose to a ...

Two children and a man have died as a result of the flash flooding on Tuesday, July 8, in Ruidoso, the Village of Ruidoso ...

La Salsa Kitchen in Ruidoso is one of several businesses that was affected by the flooding this week. Find out more.

Stephanie Hopkins, a Whitehall High School graduate, lost her two young children, 7-year-old Sebastian and 4-year-old ...

Severe thunderstorms will head east by Saturday, impacting eastern Michigan and parts of northern Indiana. One to two inches ...

In less than a week, there were at least four 1-in-1,000-year rainfall events across the United States — intense deluges that ...

Friday’s Top Stories New Mexico resident speaks out after his father was killed in Ruidoso flood Ruidoso Downs handler ...

The loss of three lives to flash flooding in the mountain village of Ruidoso is "unfathomable and unfair," New Mexico's ...

A son is mourning the loss of his father, who was killed in the Ruidoso floods. Now, he is picking up his father’s belongings ...