For the second time in recent weeks, New Mexico has been hit by devastating flash floods as a result of heavy rainfall. In a matter of hours, almost an inch of rain poured down, transforming city streets into waterways and heightening the urgency for emergency interventions.

Ruidoso's surge follows deadly flooding in Texas, where authorities reported more than 160 people missing in the aftermath of catastrophic storms.

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Three people were killed when monsoon rains triggered flash flooding in a New Mexico village, sending walls of water, mud and debris rushing down mountainsides that have been repeatedly scarred over recent years by wildfires and post-fire flooding.