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.

At least three people, including two children, have died due to flash flooding in Ruidoso, New Mexico on Tuesday, July 8.

Flash flooding from torrential rain hit Ruidoso, New Mexico, on Tuesday, killing at least three people and prompting dozens of rescues, officials said. A house was seen being carried downstream by the fast-moving water a year after the same area was devastated by two wildfires.