New Mexico Gov Declares Emergency Amid Fatal Floods

Axios reports:

New Mexico’s flooding rains killed a man and two children in the Village of Ruidoso and prompted dozens of water rescues in the state’s south over Tuesday night, officials said.

N.M. Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham signed an emergency declaration late Tuesday “to get federal response teams and repair resources on the ground immediately,” she said on Facebook.

The thunderstorm that led to the National Weather Service declaring a flash flood emergency for the Ruidoso area on Tuesday afternoon emerged in moist air from the remnants of Tropical Storm Barry, which also triggered catastrophic flooding in neighboring Texas.

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