Multiple people, homes and vehicles have been trapped or washed away in flooding caused by monsoon rains that have ravaged a mountain village in southern New Mexico in the United States.
Kaitlyn Carpenter was riding her motorcycle through Ruidoso on Tuesday afternoon when the storm started to pick up, and she sought shelter at the riverside Downshift Brewing Company with about 50 other people.
She started to film debris rushing down the Rio Ruidoso when she spotted a house floating by with a familiar turquoise door. It belonged to the family of one of her best friends.
Her friend’s family was not in the house and is safe, she said. "I’ve been in that house and have memories in that house, so seeing it come down the river was just pretty heartbreaking," Ms Carpenter told The Associated Press.
Emergency crews carried out at least 85 swift water rescues in the Ruidoso area on Tuesday, local time, including people who were trapped in their homes and cars, according to Danielle Silva from the New Mexico Department of Homeland Security and Emergency Management.
No injuries or deaths were immediately reported, but Ms Silva said the extent of the destruction wouldn’t be known until the water recedes.
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