CLEAN UP UNDERWAY FOLLOWING RECORD NM RAINS

 

THAT STATE OF EMERGENCY DECLARED IN NEW MEXICO BY GOVERNOR MARTINEZ LAST FRIDAY FREES UP 750 THOUSAND DOLLARS TO REBUILD ROADS. AND SINCE GETTING A VIEW OF THE RAIN DAMAGE ACROSS THE STATE OVER THE WEEKEND, MARTINEZ EXPECTS TO MAKE ADDITIONAL DECLARATIONS.

SINCE LAST TUESDAY AND THROUGH THE WEEKEND, HEAVY RAIN POUNDED PARTS OF THE STATE … INCLUDING CLOUDCROFT AND CROWN POINT. CLASSES FOR CROWN POINT SCHOOLS ARE CANCELLED MONDAY DUE TO RAIN DAMAGE. RESIDENTS ALONG THE GALLINAS RIVER WERE WARNED THE WATERWAY COULD SWELL AGAIN WHEN ANOTHER ROUND OF RAIN HIT ON SUNDAY.

AND HEAVY RAIN PUSHED MUD AND DEBRIS DOWNHILL FROM A CONSTRUCTION SITE IN ALBUQUERQUE'S TAYLOR RANCH AREA INTO A FAMILY'S BACK YARD SATURDAY. CLEANUP IS EXTENSIVE AND EXPENSIVE AS THE MUD DAMAGED BACKYARD EQUIPMENT USED FOR A DAYCARE AND WATERS FLOODED PART OF THE HOME.