New Mexico, flash flood
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Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham declared a state of emergency for the village of Ruidoso, in an area that was scarred by wildfires last year.
The 7-year-old and 4-year-old who died after flash flooding overtook a village in New Mexico earlier this week have been identified as Sebastian and Charlotte Trotter, the children of a U.S. army soldier,
The neighbouring state of Texas also experienced a major flood just a few days earlier, but with a very different outcome. The ferocity of the inundation in Texas caught forecasters and state officials by surprise, killing at least 119 people.
Fox News senior correspondent Mike Tobin reports on the latest to come from the search and recovery efforts after the devastating floods in Texas on 'Special Report.'
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The Texas Tribune on MSNTexas officials estimate 161 people are missing after floods as death toll rises to 109Gov. Greg Abbott vowed Tuesday to continue rescue efforts in the flood-ravaged Hill Country “until every missing person is accounted for”.
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Heavy rain poured over the Texas Hill Country on Independence Day, with the flooding causing more than 100 deaths. Here's a timeline of the disaster: On July 2, the Texas Division of Emergency Management said it activated "state emergency response resources in anticipation of increased threats of flooding in parts of West and Central Texas heading into the holiday weekend.
The search for missing bodies continues along Texas’ Guadalupe River after catastrophic and deadly flooding killed at least 111 people following a torrential downpour Thursday evening into early Friday.