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New Mexico village rebuilds all over again after record-breaking flash flood kills 3

RUIDOSO, N.M.

Jul 9, 2025 9:20 PM Read more >

Climate change makes South Asia’s monsoon season more prone to floods, landslides and heavy rains

BENGALURU, India (AP) — Each year from June to September, a series of heavy rains known as monsoons sweep through the Indian subcontinent, providing relief from heat, irrigating the country’s farms and replenishing its rivers.

Jul 9, 2025 6:14 PM Read more >

Wisconsin and Minnesota Republicans call on Canada to curb wildfire smoke

WASHINGTON — Six Republican lawmakers have sent a letter to Canada's ambassador calling for action on the wildfires sending smoke billowing across the international border into their states. In a Tuesday letter to Ambassador to the U.S.

Jul 9, 2025 5:41 PM Read more >

An entire house swept downstream in New Mexico floods seen as a symbol of the devastation

RUIDOSO, N.M. (AP) — Residents were glued to the windows at a riverside brewery in Ruidoso, New Mexico, as a flash flood swept through town, carrying rocks and debris.

Jul 9, 2025 5:40 PM Read more >

Flash flooding that killed 3 leaves New Mexico village heartbroken, anxious as cleanup begins

RUIDOSO, N.M.

Jul 9, 2025 4:36 PM Read more >

First Nations call for Ontario environment minister's resignation

TORONTO — Several dozen First Nations in Ontario called for the resignation of the province's environment minister Wednesday after he asked the federal government to not reintroduce a bill that would enshrine clean drinking water rights in law.

Jul 9, 2025 3:44 PM Read more >

What flood insurance does and does not cover

SEATTLE (AP) — Though natural disasters cycle across seasons and regions in the U.S.

Jul 9, 2025 3:33 PM Read more >

Historic rainfall leads to deadly flooding in New Mexico: a timeline of emergency alerts

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Three people died in flooding Tuesday as New Mexico's Rio Ruidoso's banks swelled amid the summer rainy season.

Jul 9, 2025 2:34 PM Read more >

A deadly 1987 flood scarred the same Texas county that is reeling through another disaster

Cindy Manley was a summer camp counselor in 1987 when a different devastating flood scarred the Texas Hill Country.

Jul 9, 2025 2:22 PM Read more >

Timeline raises questions over how Texas officials handled warnings before the deadly July 4 flood

Officials in Texas are facing mounting questions about whether they did enough to get people out of harm's way before a flash flood swept down the Guadalupe River and killed more than 100 people, including 27 children and counselors at an all-girls C

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