New Mexico, Flash Flood
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New Mexico’s National Weather Service forecast offices are facing a significant drop in staffing amid a summer monsoon season that has spawned tragedies like the flooding that claimed the lives
The National Weather Service is sharing details on the rapidly evolving situation in New Mexico. In the past few minutes, the NWS says a "father and two children washed away. SW crews in pursuit." Another update reads, "1 adult 2 children trapped and needing rescue".
New Mexico will see both heat and flooding concerns in the coming days following last week’s rainfall, which brought slight improvements to the drought in the southern part of the state. Meteorologist Carter Greulich with the National Weather Service’s Albuquerque office described the coming days as “a rinse-and-repeat-type week” during a weather briefing Monday.
Over the holiday weekend, New Mexico’s neighboring state endured a catastrophic flood that claimed the lives of 90 people, with several others still missing.
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — The National Weather Service has issued a tornado watch for a large portion of southeastern New Mexico. The watch includes Roswell, Hobbs, Clovis, Carlsbad and Artesia. It is ...
Monsoon rains in southern New Mexico triggered flash flooding that killed three people in a village that is a popular summer retreat, officials said.