3 dead in flash flooding in US state of New Mexico
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flood, Texas
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New Mexico under emergency declaration
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The current map, as of Wednesday, July 9, of road closures by the Ruidoso All-Hazard Information Network, provided by the Ruidoso Office of Emergency Management, notes that many roads are washed out as a result of the rainfall. They include:
The neighbouring state of Texas also experienced a major flood just a few days earlier, but with a very different outcome. The ferocity of the inundation in Texas caught forecasters and state officials by surprise, killing at least 119 people.
Ruidoso will continue to be under a flood watch, as more thunderstorms are expected Wednesday and next week. What to know, do.
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