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RUIDOSO, N.M. — Flooding is once again hitting the Ruidoso area, closing roads and wiping away at least one home. A flash flood warning is in effect until 3:30 p.m. Lindsey Tharpe posted video of a home floating away on Paradise Canyon at Hart.

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Top New Mexico officials on Wednesday lauded President Donald Trump’s major disaster declaration for recovery efforts in the Ruidoso area following deadly flooding, even while urging the

Main Street was closed from Second North Loop to the county line. Mechem Drive at Brady was also closed from Sudderth Drive to Alonzo Way. And Gavilan Canyon was closed from Meander to Sutton Drive. All roads were reopened before 11 p.m. Tuesday according to the Village of Ruidoso Facebook page.

The current map, as of Wednesday, July 9, of road closures by the Ruidoso All-Hazard Information Network, provided by the Ruidoso Office of Emergency Management, notes that many roads are washed out as a result of the rainfall. They include:

The flash flood emergency was triggered at 3 p.m. in Ruidoso on Tuesday, July 8. Swift water teams were out conducting rescues, officials said.

The National Weather Service in Albuquerque has issued a Flash Flood Warning for the South Fork burn scar in south central Lincoln County, including Ruidoso, Ruidoso Downs and Hollywood on Thursday. The warning is in effect until 3:30 p.

The Village of Ruidoso confirmed three deaths as a result of severe flash flooding on July 8, 2025 along the burn scars from last summer's wild fires.