Floods cause widespread damage as New Mexico braces for State of Emergency
Rain totals across New Mexico ranged from four to over ten inches in several locations. Officials warned of ongoing flood risk as Rio Felix overran banks and neighborhoods cleaned up after water surged through homes along West McGaffey Street and Georgia Road. Joe and Alice Hicks described a two foot flood inside their house and street runoff sweeping away their SUV before rescue crews arrived. NMDOH urged caution for standing water due to health hazards and pests while forecasters predicted improving conditions with scattered showers through the week.
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Chaves
Pecos
Pecos River
NWS
Marshall
West McGaffey Street
Georgia Road
Joe
Alice Hicks
Joe Hicks
Hicks
Smith
Spring
New Mexico Department of Health
NMDOH
David Morgan
Missing in Estes Park Floods Frustrates Officials and Families
In Estes Park and Glen Haven Colorado officials race through Glen Canyon rubble to tally missing residents after flooding. State and county tallies vary with 1 253 then 658 missing as Boulder Larimer counties mobilize detectives to search and verify evacuee lists and reunite relatives.
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Estes Park
Rocky Mountain National Park
Tony Bielat
Glen Haven
Colorado
Larimer
Boulder
Denver
Boulder County
UN inspectors confirm chemical weapons used in Syria attack
The U N inspectors report surface-to-surface rockets carried the nerve agent sarin used in the Ghouta Damascus attack on Aug 21 2013. They found evidence of civilian exposure including children and note large scale use amid a divided Security Council. The Syrian National Coalition urged the council to hold Assad to account and refer the government for prosecution.
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Saddam Hussein
Halabja
Iran
Assad
U.N. Security Council
United States
Russia
Syria
Security Council
U.N
Damascus
Ghouta
Syrian Arab Republic
New Mexico Flood Review Brings Road Washouts and Closures
Gov. Susana Martinez visits flood hit communities as water erodes roads and buckles pavement. Airlifted food water and sanitary supplies planned. In Grants and Santa Rosa schools close as a precaution. One man died after his car washed into a ravine in Sierra County.
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National Weather Service
Luckett
Grants
John Castaneda
Exigaa
Castaneda
New Mexico
Gila Cliff Dwellings National Monument
Gila River
Rodney Sauter
Monument
Sauter
Albuquerque
Sierra County
Steven Elsley
Phoenix
Former acquaintance recalls Alexis as a “nice guy” in Fort Worth
Bradley describes Alexis as a kind person in a phone interview. Oui Suthametewakul recalls Alexis lived with them in Fort Worth from August 2012 to May 2013 before parting due to unpaid bills. Suthametewakul notes Alexis carried a gun at times, claimed discrimination, and had converted to Buddhism. Embry-Riddle says Alexis enrolled in online aero nautics courses at the Fort Worth campus in July 2012. We are cooperating with investigating officials.
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Bradley
Oui Suthametewakul
Alexis
Fort Worth
Suthametewakul
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
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Joe Tafoya
State Department of Transportation
Cliff
Enrique Knell
Susana Martinez
Martinez
Santa Rosa
Raymond Mondragon
Christopher Luckett
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