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VIDEO: Monsoon floods take down fence in Ruidoso, New Mexico

by LJ News Opinions
July 31, 2025
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Security video from a Ruidoso, New Mexico homeowner captured the moments Wednesday’s flash flood devastated their home. Wednesday’s flooding followed several wet weather days that had triggered Flash Flood Emergencies in Ruidoso during the past month.

RUIDOSO, N.M. – Security video from a Ruidoso, New Mexico homeowner captured the moments Wednesday’s flash flood devastated their home.

A fence and a pole were toppled with ease by the raging floodwaters.

Chelsey Zepeda was not home at the time but said that she watched the destruction unfold on her house’s security camera system.

“We’ve been experiencing flooding at our home and this time has been the worst,” she told the news agency Storyful.

Wednesday’s flooding followed several wet weather days that had triggered Flash Flood Emergencies in Ruidoso during the past month.

WATCH: MOBILE HOME SWEPT AWAY DURING LATEST RUIDOSO FLOODING

Ruidoso, New Mexico is reeling after deadly flooding caused the Rio Ruidoso to rise rapidly in a brief time. FOX Weather Correspondent Robert Ray is on the ground as the community begins cleaning up.

Ruidoso, New Mexico is reeling after deadly flooding caused the Rio Ruidoso to rise rapidly in a brief time. FOX Weather Correspondent Robert Ray is on the ground as the community begins cleaning up.

The flash flooding was brought on by heavy rain from a monsoon weather pattern.

Ruidoso has been particularly vulnerable to flooding because of recent burn scars from last year’s South Fork Fire. 

Burn scars are areas of land that have severely reduced vegetation caused by wildfires. They’re highly vulnerable to flooding because the soil has poor absorption rates and accelerates runoff.

On July 8, three people were killed in flash flooding that impacted the village and on July 24, at least half a dozen water rescues were performed when streams overtopped their banks.

  • Damages left behind from deadly flooding in Ruidoso, New Mexico.
    (Robert Ray)

  • Damages left behind from deadly flooding in Ruidoso, New Mexico.

    Damages left behind from deadly flooding in Ruidoso, New Mexico.
    (Robert Ray)

  • This image shows damage left behind after catastrophic flooding in Ruidoso, New Mexico, on Tuesday, July 8, 2025.

    This image shows damage left behind after catastrophic flooding in Ruidoso, New Mexico, on Tuesday, July 8, 2025.
    (NMDOT/Facebook)

  • Emergency vehicles respond to flooding in Ruidoso, New Mexico on July 8, 2025.

    Emergency vehicles respond to flooding in Ruidoso, New Mexico on July 8, 2025.
    (Lorr Mrtz/Facebook)

  • This image shows the aftermath of flooding in Ruidoso, New Mexico, on Tuesday, July 8, 2025.

    This image shows the aftermath of flooding in Ruidoso, New Mexico, on Tuesday, July 8, 2025.
    (NMDOT/Facebook)

The monsoon season, which typically runs from June 15 through Sept. 30, brings waves of moisture from the Pacific Ocean, Gulf of California and Gulf of Mexico into the Southwest U.S.



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