Wildfires in Ruidoso Downs and the Mescalero Apache Reservation. Is there still a home for the Little Division?
There are a lot of structures lost in their whole little division, because they only have one home. “We have no idea if we’re going to have a home to go to.”
Public Service Company of New Mexico shut off power to part of the village due to wildfire. The Ruidoso Downs that hosts horse races and the Lincoln Medical Center were evacuated later Tuesday.
Many evacuees had little choice but to flee eastward and head to the city of Roswell, where hotels and shelters were set up. A gas station in the area was overrun with people and cars.
The office manager said five horses arrived Monday night and four llamas arrived the next day. Robertson said 30 more horses were headed her way Tuesday evening.
Both the South Fork Fire and the smaller Salt Fire started on the Mescalero Apache Reservation where the tribe’s president declared a state of emergency.
He said the police, fire department, and other departments blocked the roads to the area and ordered everybody to leave within an hour. Thank God we were prepared.
The couple started watching their cellphones and turned on the radio for updates. The person said that there was no hurry, and that it was just go. They grabbed legal documents and other belongings and headed out.
Ruidoso, New Mexico blazers ignited by a wind-whipped wildfire that killed two people and injured at least one
A fire erupted near them while they were at a church in Ruidoso, which is about 130 miles southeast of Albuquerque. The smell of smoke and the smell of air was filling the air by mid-morning.
After smoke darkened the evening sky on Monday, officials with the city of Ruidoso issued a stern warning: Do not try to protect your home. Immediately leave the area.
Santa Fe, N.M. Thousands of southern New Mexico residents fled a mountainous village as a wind-whipped wildfire tore through homes and other buildings, and killed at least one person. Officials warned the danger isn’t over.
The declaration of an emergency freed up funds and resources for the Mescalero Apache Reservation. Lujan Grisham said two fires have together consumed more than 31 square miles.
By Wednesday night, the fires were still zero percent contained. The blazes caused some 1,400 structures to be damaged, with 500 believed to be homes.
Firefights in the area of Laredo, New Mexico, triggered by Alberto’s Aero Fire in Calaveras, and Sites Fire in Colusa
It looked like the sky was on fire. She said it was bright orange. “Honestly, it looked like the apocalypse. The sparks were falling on us.
There were flames on both sides of her as we were leaving. “And all the animals were just running — charging — trying to get out.”
The order to leave for the Hood family came so quickly, that Richard and his wife were able to grab their two children and two dogs.
New Mexico’s governor ordered the deployment of National Guard troops to the area after declaring a state of emergency. A top-level fire management team is expected to take over Wednesday, and winds will continue to challenge crews, officials said.
There are two fires that broke out on Monday: the Aero Fire in Calaveras County, and the Sites Fire in Colusa County.
Climate experts are predicting a busy California wildfire season in September and October due to dry conditions.
In Mexico, however, Alberto was deadly. The deaths of three people, two of which were electric shocks, have been confirmed in the state of Nuevo Len.
For example, it said the storm surge flooded the city of Surfside Beach, but that no injuries were reported. The city of Laredo quickly closed their emergency shelters because no one showed up.
The Next Tropical Storm: Forecasts for Northern and Central America, and the U.S. Turned Into a Tropical Storm on Wednesday
The next possible storm that could threaten the western Atlantic is already being looked at by the forecasters.
The National Hurricane Center tweeted that the area of low pressure could become a tropical depression before it reaches the coast of northeast Florida or Georgia on Friday.
Thunderstorms on Wednesday night brought flash flooding, mudslides and a massive dust storm known as a haboob to parts of the state. It is not clear how much help will be given to the fires from the storms.
Areas of higher elevation, including the Showdown ski mountain, were hit with snow. And the cold front continued into Wednesday, the last astronomical day of spring, breaking more records across Montana.
The U.S. is experiencing a number of different weather events at the same time, from a hot spell in the Northeast to the deadly wildfires in New Mexico, to the tropical storm striking the Gulf Coast.
Heat domes can last anywhere from a few days to a few weeks. Climate change is causing a lot of extreme weather events to become more common and intense.
Parts of Massachusetts, Maine, Connecticut, New Hampshire and Vermont all shattered temperature records that have stood for 100 years or more.
Forecasters say record warm overnight temperatures will prevent natural cooling, and are urging everyone — especially people without air conditioning — to take steps to stay safe.
In California, temperatures are predicted to get to triple digits on Friday and then on Saturday in the Central Valley and Great Basin.
Parts of Montana and Idaho were under a winter storm warning earlier this week, and nearly one million residents of the West were either under a winter weather or frost advisory on Monday morning.