New Mexico, flash flood
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Another afternoon of heavy rainfall has prompted flash flooding in the southern New Mexico mountain village of Ruidoso.
Shortly after the largest wildfire in New Mexico history, a flash flood in July 2022 sent water raging through burn-scarred Tecolote Creek in rural San Miguel County.
"It happened so fast that we thought it would stop," Castro said, "Then the water starts rising and you're just watching it and thinking 'what are we going to do.'" Castro said rain initially began falling during her commute from work around 5 p.