RUIDOSO, N.M.– Another round of dangerous flash flooding, triggered by nearby burn scars, slammed Ruidoso, New Mexico on Thursday afternoon.
Video captured the moment the raging floodwaters carried a mobile home downstream.
A mobile home is swept away along the Rio Ruidoso on July 24, 2025.
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The Rio Ruidoso rose over 12 feet on Thursday – while enough to cause quite a bit of flooding, it wasn’t even the highest amount seen in recent months.
Burn scars from last year’s South Fork Fire have created unstable terrain, which makes it easy for debris flows to move through during torrential thunderstorms borne from the seasonal monsoon.
In the video, the muddy water rushed down a hill before a small tree was toppled as the mobile home came into view.
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Tree toppled by home in Ruidoso flash flooding.
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The home crashed and rocked through the flooded area, breaking apart as it floated down the hill, hitting trees.
The National Weather Service office in Albuquerque urged people along the river to seek higher ground as waters rose.
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The home starts to break apart in the flooding.
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What was left of the house eventually disappeared from view as it continued down the flooding.
This is the second bout of severe flash flooding Ruidoso has experienced just in July. On July 8, deadly flooding rose the Rio Ruidoso more than 20 feet. Three people, including two children, were killed.
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What’s left of the home floats down river.
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There have been no reports of deaths or injuries due to this latest bout of flooding as of Friday morning.
