{"id":1664,"date":"2025-07-10T16:26:14","date_gmt":"2025-07-10T16:26:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/?p=1664"},"modified":"2025-07-10T16:26:15","modified_gmt":"2025-07-10T16:26:15","slug":"two-children-among-dead-as-floodwaters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/?p=1664","title":{"rendered":"Two Children Among Dead As Floodwaters"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Flood Follows Fire in Ruidoso<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Still recovering from last year\u2019s wildfires, Ruidoso, New Mexico, was struck by devastating flash floods on July 8 due to heavy monsoon rains.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Widespread Damage<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Floodwaters destroyed homes and businesses, causing gas leaks, mudslides, and over 30 swift-water rescues. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mayor Lynn Crawford called it \u201cone of the worst\u201d disasters the town has faced, adding, \u201cLast year we had a bad one or two, but this one was right there with it.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Lives Lost<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Three deaths were officially reported\u2014a man in his 40s\u201350s, a seven-year-old boy, and a four-year-old girl. Community members shared more losses, including five-year-old Charlotte and seven-year-old Sebastian Trotter. \u201cThe entire Village of Ruidoso extends our deepest sympathy and compassion,\u201d Crawford stated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Ongoing Response<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Officials urged residents in safe areas to remain there and report missing loved ones. The community continues to support search efforts while mourning the tragedy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Flood Follows Fire in Ruidoso Still recovering from last year\u2019s wildfires, Ruidoso, New Mexico, was struck by devastating flash floods on July 8 due to heavy monsoon rains. Widespread Damage Floodwaters destroyed homes and businesses, causing gas leaks, mudslides, and over 30 swift-water rescues. Mayor Lynn Crawford called it \u201cone of the worst\u201d disasters the&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1665,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1664","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1664","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1664"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1664\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1666,"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1664\/revisions\/1666"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1665"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1664"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1664"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1664"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}