Disaster New Mexico flash flooding emergency declared, multiple rescues underway - "Homes starting to be moved by water," the National Weather Service said.

A father and two children in Lincoln, New Mexico, were washed away in flood waters on Tuesday, the National Weather Service reported after declaring a flash flooding emergency in the area.

Multiple rescue missions were underway at Gavilan Trailer Park in Ruidoso, and another person was also trapped in high water, the NWS said in its local storm report at 5:50 p.m. ET.

"Homes starting to be moved by water," the NWS said.

Images from the U.S. Geological Survey posted to the Albuquerque NWS social media account show a river in Lincoln County, the Rio Ruidoso, rapidly rising 15 feet in about an hour. "Stay away from the river! Seek higher ground NOW!" the weather service wrote.

According to the USGS's real-time data, water levels at the 30-mile-long river located about 150 miles southeast of Albuquerque were "extremely above" its historic daily averages on Tuesday evening.



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Footage of a house being swept away by the flood:

 

[oldTireWater]

Same thing happened last year on the Lincoln NF. Flash floods are always a risk during the seasonal monsoons (which are starting now). However, the fires in that area last year destroyed a lot of the vegetation that would normally mitigate it. Just kinda the way it is.

 

[spinal gas chamber]

Homes starting to be moved by water," the NWS said.

Holy shit, moving a house from flooding is serious shit when you think about the foundation, etc.

Gavilan Trailer Park

Oh.

 

[Angry Alt Right Nerd]

Holy shit, moving a house from flooding is serious shit when you think about the foundation, etc.

Oh.

If you watch the video there's an actual house

 

[Dagoth AMOGUS]

moar like sexico lolol

*gets shot*

 

[smartypants302]

There was a forest fire last year that left a burn scar and combined with above average monsoon rain this year is a bad combo. I hope historic sites in Lincoln are okay. They have a remarkable example of one of the last adobe fortress towers that have been vanishing from New Mexico. You can enter it and take a ladder to the second and roof.

 

[AnsemSoD1]

Yo Mr. White, the meth is floating away!

 

[Daddy's Little Kitten]

How could climate change do this?