The Village of Ruidoso confirmed three deaths as a result of severe flash flooding on July 8, 2025 along the burn scars from last summer's wild fires.

Three people died in flooding Tuesday as New Mexico's Rio Ruidoso's banks swelled amid the summer rainy season. The village of Ruidoso and other parts of New Mexico have received more warnings in the past few years as catastrophic wildfires have left vast swaths of once forested land without enough vegetation to absorb and

Flash flooding from torrential rain hit Ruidoso, New Mexico, on Tuesday, killing at least three people and prompting dozens of rescues, officials said. A house was seen being carried downstream by the fast-moving water a year after the same area was devastated by two wildfires.