At least two people have been killed and hundreds more had to be rescued after flash floods devastated the New Mexico city of Roswell.
Over the weekend, record flash flooding hit Roswell and the surrounding areas of Chaves County, damaging homes and sweeping cars off the roads.
New Mexico state police confirmed two people had died, while the New Mexico National Guard said another 38 people were taken to hospital.
In total, 290 people were rescued from the floods, with emergency services working through the night to pull people to safety including a family of seven who were surrounded by water.
The rainfall on Saturday set a new all-time daily record for the area of 5.78 inches, according to the National Weather Service, while around nine inches of rain fell in the surrounding Chaves County. The rainfall seen this weekend broke the previous record of 5.65 inches from November 1901, the weather service added.
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