NEW MEXICO
Hundreds rescued after 2 die in flooding
ALBUQUERQUE — A southeastern New Mexico community began to dry out on Oct. 21 after historic rainfall over the weekend produced severe flooding that left at least two people dead and hundreds stranded on rooftops.
Waterlogged vehicles were still submerged along some city streets in Roswell, while others were seen smashed along bridge supports and tossed up against trees and power poles after being swept away by the floodwaters on Oct. 19 and 20.
All the standing water and mangled masses of twisted guardrails and splintered wood were scenes unfamiliar for the community. Surrounded by usually dusty plains and dairy farms, Roswell isn’t famous for any notable rainfall but rather for being the spot where a spacecraft purportedly crashed in 1947…