New Mexico's flooding rains trapped multiple people and water rescues were under way in the state's south on Tuesday, according to the National Weather Service. The big picture: The NWS' Albuquerque office reported after declaring a flash flood emergency for the Ruidoso area that multiple water rescues were under way at the village's Gavilan Trailer Park.

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Three people were killed when monsoon rains triggered flash flooding in a New Mexico village, sending walls of water, mud and debris rushing down mountainsides that have been repeatedly scarred over recent years by wildfires and post-fire flooding.

Flash flooding from heavy rain killed at least three people and prompted dozens of rescues in the Ruidoso area of southern New Mexico, officials said — the same area devastated by wildfires last year.