SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Three people have died in a mountain village in southern New Mexico that is a popular summer retreat after monsoon rains triggered flash flooding that was so intense an entire house was swept downstream, officials said. A man and two children were swept away Tuesday by floodwaters, the village of Ruidoso said in a statement. Three people earlier had been reported missing, but it wasn't immediately clear early Wednesday whether those were the same three who died.
3 dead as flash flooding hits mountain village of Ruidoso in New Mexico, officials say