New Mexico Flood: Evacuations Forced Across the State

[BlueToTheBone]

http://www.weather.com/news/new-mexico-flood-20130913


ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Heavy rains pushed previously drought-stricken rivers from their banks and flooded streets and mountain canyons across New Mexico Friday, forcing evacuations from Las Vegas to the U.S.-Mexico border.

In southern New Mexico, Truth or Consequences officials said people around Las Animas and Palomas Creeks were told Friday morning to immediately leave their homes and head to the city's convention center for emergency shelter. Authorities became concerned after the Rio Grande, which had been dry for months south of Albuquerque, overflowed.
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In Albuquerque, the Albuquerque Journal reported the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation was warning Albuquerque residents to stay out of the riverside bosque, as a flood flow at level not seen on the river since the early 1960s was making its way down the Rio Grande from Sandoval County.

State transportation officials ordered Interstate 40 reduced to one lane in both directions around 20 miles west of Albuquerque at To'hajiileto repair a 20-foot sinkhole in the median.

Sounds like a real mess in the whole state. Stay safe!

[Beaverhausen]

1. Oh no!

[Kber]

2. They needed the rain

But it's too much all at once!