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Flash flooding hit Ruidoso, New Mexico, and caused widespread damage and claimed the lives for three people. As flash flooding began, Jesus Figueroa, a viewer of sister station KOAT, filmed a wall of water flowing down the Rio Ruidoso as the flash flood began.

Storm reports from the National Weather Service office in Albuquerque indicate floodwaters have reached homes and several roads throughout Ruidoso are covered with water.

"Nothing can prepare you for coming into a disaster zone and looking through the bodies of small children and my dad," Timmy Feagin told KOAT.

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If the management at Ruidoso Downs decides to continue the meet, there are four other racetracks in New Mexico: Sunland Park near El Paso, the Downs at Albuquerque, SunRay Park in Farmington and Zia Park in Hobbs. "We're hopeful of getting a place to ...