WILLARD, N.M. (AP) — A powerful storm battered a small New Mexico village for several hours Wednesday, causing severe flash flooding that trapped dozens of vehicles in rushing flood waters.
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Read unlimited articles for free today: Already have an account? WILLARD, N.M. (AP) — A powerful storm battered a small New Mexico village for several hours Wednesday, causing severe flash flooding that trapped dozens of vehicles in rushing flood waters.
The storm unleashed a thick curtain of rain and lime-sized hail over the 200-person village of Willard outside of Albuquerque, as fire crews farther south in the mountain village of Ruidoso were still battling a pair of deadly wildfires. Forecasters say the severe weather is emblematic of this time of year in New Mexico when the state’s wildfire and monsoon seasons overlap. “We went from catastrophic wildfires one day to catastrophic flooding the next,” Brian Guyer, a National Weather Service meteorologist in Albuquerque, said.
Within minutes after commercial truck driver Mike Bischoff received an emergency alert that a storm was on the way, he was already stuck in it. The 54-year-old was driving his semi-truck on Highway 42 when the hail started to.
