New Mexico Flooding Leaves 3 Dead As Fast-moving Water Sweeps Through Mountain Resort Town

Just days aft flash flooding devastated nan Hill Country of Texas, sidesplitting much than 100, 3 group person died successful New Mexico aft monsoon rains triggered flash flooding. 

A man and 2 young children, a 4-year-old woman and 7-year-old boy, were swept distant by floodwaters connected Tuesday, nan colony of Ruidoso said successful a statement. The business was truthful terrible successful nan celebrated summertime retreat that an full location was caught connected camera being swept downstream.

"Our hearts are surgery for nan families who person mislaid their loved ones successful this unspeakable tragedy," Mayor Lynn Crawford said successful a statement.

"The full Village of Ruidoso extends our deepest sympathy and compassion to these grieving families during this unimaginably difficult time. We are agreed successful our sorrow and our committedness to supporting 1 different arsenic we look this devastating nonaccomplishment together."

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The Rio Ruidoso roseate to a record-breaking 20 feet, which is 5 feet higher than its erstwhile record, nan colony said. 

The devastation is attributed to nan torrential rainfall complete pain scar areas from nan South Fork and Salt fires that occurred past year.

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Tucker Davis, who mislaid his location successful past year’s South Fork Fire, walks his dogs arsenic localized flash flooding moves done a stream successful midtown Ruidoso, New Mexico, U.S. June 26, 2025.  (Kaylee Greenlee)

"Emergency crews conducted 50-60 swift-water rescues during nan event," a colony of Ruidoso media merchandise said.  

The h2o had receded by nan evening and hunt and rescue were scouring nan municipality for nan missing people, while nationalist useful crews cleared debris from nan roadways. Some cars were near stranded successful nan mud.

In this image taken from video, a location is carried distant by flash flooding down a location successful Ruidoso, N.M., Tuesday, July 8, 2025.  (Kaitlyn Carpenter )

"Tonight, I signed an emergency declaration petition to get national consequence teams and repair resources connected nan crushed immediately. We’re encouraged to study that further national resources are already connected nan way," New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham said connected Facebook.

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"New Mexico is mobilizing each assets we have, but nan Village of Ruidoso needs national support to retrieve from this disaster. We’ve watched Texas person nan national resources they desperately needed, and Ruidoso deserves that aforesaid urgent response," she concluded. 

The Associated Press contributed to this report.