Here Come the Floods in Ruidoso

Scorched Mountainside at Ruidoso Downs

KOAT - RUIDOSO, N.M. - Ruidoso residents are on standby as storm clouds move through, waiting to see if the rain will bring more flash floods. A number of residents near low-lying areas off Bonita Lake Road are keeping their eyes toward the sky to look for danger heading their way.
Resident Kenneth Dixon, 86, is trying to stay positive about the rains while preparing for the worst with his grandson and daughter to keep the water off his property.
"(The water is) making a mess," Dixon said.
"It's very sad. It's so devastating to (our neighbors) because they know in their lifetime it will never be the way it was," said Dixon's daughter, Jeannette Perkins.
Several miles away, Bonita Lake sits empty after draining over the past week in anticipation of monsoon storms that circled the burn scars of the Little Bear fire. Read full story here: News New Mexico

Here Come the Floods in Ruidoso