Socorro County, NM (KKOB)- In Socorro County, a woman who was swept away Sunday night by flood waters from the Rio Puerco was found dead by rescue workers. .
Rescues in the unincorporated San Francisco area of Socorro County continued on Monday. The evacuation order for the San Francisco area will remain under until further notice.
Nine residents who were surrounded by water and stranded in the in the San Francisco area were safely evacuated by New Mexico National Guard high water trucks.
U.S. Highway 60 remains closed just east of Interstate 25 due to the heavy flooding.
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An evacuation shelter has been established at Finley Gym in Socorro for those who are displaced.
Concerns about the Rio Puerco near Bernardo, NM continue for the rest of the week. The maximum river stage as of Monday night was 24.3 feet. The flood stage is 19 and a half feet.
While the forecast for today was that the river would gradually fall in flood stage, it is expected to rise again Wednesday morning and then fall below flood stage on Thursday.
