Officials in New Mexico announced on July 9 that at least 200 homes were damaged during a deadly flash flood in Ruidoso a day earlier, and local emergency managers warned that the number could more than double as surveys continue.
“Things have changed,” Ruidoso Mayor Lynn Crawford told reporters in an update on July 10. “There was a lot more damage than what we had assumed and what we thought in the beginning. ... We’ve had to take a step back to move forward.”
