Las Vegas, New Mexico residents brace themselves ahead of more storms [Video]

THE CITY’S CURRENT WATER EMERGENCY. SAN MIGUEL COUNTY IS UNDER A STATE OF EMERGENCY AS LAS VEGAS BRACES FOR MORE FLOODING. OUR CRISTIANA RAMOS REPORTS ON HOW THE FLOODING IS MAKING THE RECOVERY FROM A WATER EMERGENCY MORE DIFFICULT. WE’RE HERE AT THE LAS VEGAS CITY HALL, WHERE THE CITY HAS SET UP A SANDBAG DISTRIBUTION SITE. YOU CAN SEE THE TRUCK OF SANDBAGS BEHIND ME NOW. THERE HAVE BEEN SEVERAL DELAYS TODAY. MANY RESIDENTS TRYING TO PREPARE THEIR HOMES AND BUSINESSES BEFORE MORE RAIN COMES IN. MULTIPLE DELAYS AT THE SANDBAG DISTRIBUTION SITE DIDN’T STOP LAS VEGAS RESIDENTS FROM TRYING TO GET THEIR HANDS ON SANDBAGS. MANY WAITING HOURS I’VE BEEN HERE SINCE 8:00 THIS MORNING. WE’VE BEEN HERE SINCE 730 THIS MORNING. ALFONSO ORTEGA AND HIS WIFE SAY THEY’VE TRIED COMING TO THE SITE ALL WEEK AND HAVEN’T HAD ANY LUCK. SEVERINO MEDINA SAYS WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR …