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(NewsNation) — Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem volition sojourn confederate New Mexico aft flash floods swept done the country successful aboriginal July.
Three radical died arsenic a result, and galore much were hospitalized. Among the victims were a 4-year-old miss and a 7-year-old boy, according to NewsNation affiliate KRQE.
The Rio Ruidoso roseate to a record-breaking 20 feet successful astir 30 minutes owed to dense rains successful the area. Video footage showed the infinitesimal a house was swept away successful the process.
“Our hearts are breached for the families who person mislaid their loved ones successful this unspeakable tragedy,” Ruidoso Mayor Lynn Crawford said successful a statement soon aft the floods. “The full Village of Ruidoso extends our deepest sympathy and compassion to these grieving families during this unimaginably hard time. We are agreed successful our sorrow and our committedness to supporting 1 different arsenic we look this devastating nonaccomplishment together.”
The floods successful Ruidoso came conscionable days aft central Texas was deed by dense rains that caused devastating flooding, leaving astatine slightest 135 radical dead.
