A father and two children in Lincoln, New Mexico, were eliminated on Tuesday in the flood waters, the National Meteorological Service reported after declaring a flood emergency in the area.
There were several rescue missions in the Gavilan trailer park in Ruidoso, and another person was also trapped in high water, the She said In its local storm report at 17:50 ET. Some people are not counted, but the number is unclear, said Kerry Gladden, spokesman for the village of Ruidoso, in CBS News.
Injuries have been reported, but the reach is unclear, Gladden said.
A Video posted On social media, a resident of Ruidoso, Kaitlyn Carpenter, shows that the water that moves quickly devastated a house by a river. Another video It shows flood water that carries a myriad of waste on the riverbed before reaching a small bridge and flooding the road.
Around a dozen roads were closed due to waste, Gladden said, and cleaning is underway after the water was receded.
Kaitlyn carpenter via ap 
Pictures of the United States Geological Survey published In the X Albuquerque Nws account also shows a river in Lincoln County, Rio Ruidoso, which rapidly increased 15 feet in about an hour. “Keep -away from the river! Look for higher terrain now!” He wrote the Meteorological Service.
Hollywood’s Rio Ruidoso possibly reached 20.24 feet during the Flash flood, NWS Albuquerque told X. If the provisional number is confirmed, it would be a highest record.
According to the USGS Real -time dataThe water levels on the river 30 miles in length about 150 kilometers southeast of Albuquerque were “extremely above” their historical daily averages on Tuesday evening.
Gladden said the Rio Ruidoso Hollywood caliber reached a level of record during the Flash flood, illustrating the speed with which it was affected.
The area around Rio Ruidoso and much of Lincoln County was Arrived last year by Wildfires, Making the soil unstable on the surface and more likely to flood.
Forest fires can significantly change the landscape, including reduction of vegetation, which reduces the number of plants and roots to maintain the entire soil in place. Burn scars increase flash flood risks for at least two years, according to federal Emergency response from the burned areawhich evaluated the damage.
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