ACTION SEVEN NEWS AT SIX STARTS RIGHT NOW. RESIDENTS OF RUIDOSO ARE SURVEYING THE WRECKAGE AFTER HISTORIC FLOODING FROM HEAVY RAIN. DEVASTATED THAT VILLAGE TUESDAY. THREE PEOPLE DIED. A FOUR-YEAR-OLD GIRL AND SEVEN-YEAR-OLD BOY BOTH CAUGHT UP IN THE RAGING WATER. ADDITIONALLY, 400 HOMES FACING DAMAGE OR TOTAL DESTRUCTION. TODAY, PRESIDENT TRUMP DECLARING AN EMERGENCY, APPROVING 3 MILLION IN FUNDING FROM FEMA AND ANOTHER 12 MILLION FROM THE USDA. THE GOVERNOR THERE ALSO COMMENTING AND COMMENDING FIRST RESPONDERS AND ASSURED RESIDENTS HELP, IS ON THE WAY. THIS COMMUNITY SHOULD EXPECT IN THE NEXT DAY AND DAYS AND WEEKS, TENS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS MAKING ITS WAY, ITS WAY OVER. COMING MONTHS. 100 MILLION OR MORE. AND OVERALL, WE GOT A LONG WAY TO GO. WE’RE TALKING ABOUT SIZABLE RESOURCES. WE HAVE THE LATEST DETAILS WITH TEAM COVERAGE FROM RUIDOSO FIRST. TRIPLE DIGITS WITH HEAT ADVISORIES NOW. AND WE’RE ALSO TRACKING SCATTERED STORMS FOLLOWING THE HISTORIC FLOODING. HERE’S BYRON. YEAH. WE’LL TAKE YOU RIGHT TO RIO RUIDOSO TO SEE WHAT’S GOING ON OUT THERE. AND RIGHT NOW IT IS DRY ALONG CENTER DRIVE. THAT’S A LIVE LOOK IN RUIDOSO, AND IT’S PRETTY WARM UP TO 86 DEGREES. SOUTHEAST BREEZES 13, GUSTING TO 21MPH. WE HAVE SOME SHOWERS AND STORMS TRYING TO POP UP, AND WE’LL HAVE TO KEEP AN EYE ON THINGS THIS EVENING, BUT RIGHT NOW, IT’S QUIET IN RUIDOSO AND OVER THE SACRAMENTO MOUNTAINS, GOING AHEAD FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS. SOME OF THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO THE NORTH AND WEST COULD TRY TO DRIFT IN AS WE HEAD THROUGH THIS EVENING, SO KEEP THAT IN MIND. DUST STORM ADVISORIES FOR LUNA AND ALSO DONA ANA COUNTY. BECAUSE OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS CREATING SOME GUSTY OUTFLOWS AROUND DEMING, THE I-10 CORRIDOR OUT TO THE LAS CRUCES AREA AND YOU SEE THUNDER AND LIGHTNING WITH THESE STORMS AS WELL. EAST OF SILVER CITY AND WEST OF THE T OR C AREA. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THIS STORM TO THE SOUTHEAST OF SANTA ROSA. RIGHT NOW UNTIL 615, IT WORKED THROUGH THE PUEBLO AREA ALONG I-40. NOW IT’S HEADING OFF TO THE SOUTHEAST. LOOKS LIKE IT’S GOING TO STAY JUST TO THE NORTH OF THE LAKE SUMNER AREA, BUT WE’LL HAVE TO KEEP AN EYE ON THAT BECAUSE IT DOES. POTENTIALLY HAVE THE POTENTIAL OF SOME QUARTER SIZE TO A GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL, AND ALSO THE POTENTIAL OF SOME VERY STRONG WINDS AND HEAVY RAINFALL. SO YOU WANT TO STAY INSIDE AWAY FROM WINDOWS. THERE. PRETTY QUIET IN ALBUQUERQUE. SOME SPOTTY SHOWERS TRYING TO GET GOING. COULD BE A SPOT SHOWER OR THUNDERSTORM OVER THE METRO. A LIVE LOOK FROM THE CREST CAM SHOWS QUIET CONDITIONS. IT’S HOT, 99 DEGREES, JUST SHY OF 100. AND THAT’S THE HIGH SO FAR TODAY. HEAT ADVISORIES ALBUQUERQUE, RIO RANCHO LOS BLEND, FARMINGTON. ALSO INTO AREAS OF SOUTHERN NEW MEXICO AGAIN FOR TOMORROW WITH MORE OF THAT HEAT ON THE WAY. LOOK AT THE NUMBERS OUT THERE NOW. 100 FOR LORDSBURG, 100 IN ALAMOGORDO, UPPER 90S FOR FARMINGTON INTO SANTA FE. LET US KNOW HOW LONG THE HEAT WILL STICK AROUND. AND ALSO WHEN THE STORM CHANCES WILL BE GOING BACK UP FOR A LARGE PART OF THE STATE. BUT FIRST, OVER TO DOUG. IT IS NOT JUST PEOPLE AFFECTED BY FLOODING IN RUIDOSO. MORE THAN A DOZEN ANIMALS HAVE BEEN DISPLACED. JULIAN PARAS IS TALKING WITH ORGANIZERS ON WHAT THEY NEED FROM YOU. AS RESIDENTS ARE LOOKING TO SEE WHAT IS LEFT OF THEIR HOMES, THEY MAY REALIZE THEY ARE MISSING THEIR PETS AS WELL. THE HUMANE SOCIETY OF LINCOLN COUNTY SAYS THAT THEY HAVE FOUND 15 DIFFERENT ANIMALS, AT LEAST BELONGING TO PEOPLE HERE IN RUIDOSO, AND THEY WANT OTHERS TO KNOW THAT THEY ARE HERE TO HELP. A PART OF THEIR WORK IS NOT ONLY GETTING PETS BACK INTO THE HANDS OF THEIR OWNERS, BUT ALSO THEY ARE A DONATION DROP OFF SITE. ONE SIDE HAS RESOURCES FOR PEOPLE, WHETHER IT BE FOOD, CLOTHES, WATER OR TOILETRIES, AND THE OTHER SIDE IS FOR PETS. THEY HAVE BEEN GATHERING HUNDREDS OF DONATIONS, FROM PET FOOD TO BEDS, PET HOUSES, COLLARS AND LEASHES. AND THOSE WE SPOKE WITH SAY THEY WANT OTHERS TO COME TOGETHER TO HELP EVERYONE. WE’VE BEEN THROUGH THIS AND WE’RE HERE AGAIN AS A COMMUNITY TO HELP EACH OTHER OUT. THE HUMANE SOCIETY IS HERE TO HELP BOTH SIDES, HUMANS AND ANIMALS. SO ANY DONATIONS THAT COME IN, THEY CAN COME HERE AT THE HUMANE SOCIETY, AND WE’LL MAKE SURE IT GETS TO WHERE IT NEEDS TO BE. THE HUMANE SOCIETY IS LOCATED ON US 70, BUT THEY ARE ONLY A DROP OFF CENTER. THEY SAY THOSE LOOKING FOR DONATIONS SHOULD HEAD TO THE FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH OF RUIDOSO DOWNS HERE IN RUIDOSO. JULIAN PARAS KOAT ACTION SEVEN NEWS. ALIYAH CHAVEZ. ALSO IN RUIDOSO WITH THE OLIVAS FAMILY. THEY’RE JUST ONE OF MANY WHO LOST THEIR HOME TO THE HISTORIC FLOOD. DOUG RIO RUIDOSO IS HOME TO A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE SUMMER HOMES. BUT FOR THE PEOPLE OF THE GAVILAN MOBILE HOME PARK, THIS HAS BEEN HOME FOR DECADES. CATASTROPHIC FLOODING IN RIO RUIDOSO, MOVING CARS AND HOMES, LEAVING BEHIND USED BOOTS AND MEMORIES AND PICTURE FRAMES GOT SO FULL IN THE RIVER THAT IT STARTED TRAVELING BACKWARDS. ARTURO OLIVAS AND HIS FAMILY CAPTURING THESE VIDEOS SHOWING DEBRIS FLOATING DOWN THE RIVER, WATCHING FROM AFAR AND EVENTUALLY DECIDING TO LEAVE THEIR HOME FOR HIGHER GROUND. SO IT WAS JUST LIKE A WHIRLPOOL STILL TRYING TO SURVEY THE DAMAGE. TWO DAYS LATER, WE’RE KIND OF STAYING HERE AND THERE, AND IT’S BEEN CHAOTIC. HIS DAUGHTER, LIVING NEXT DOOR. THIS IS THEIR HOUSE AND THAT’S THE LIGHT POLE FOR THIS HOUSE. THE FAMILY BRINGING BOXES, HOPING TO SALVAGE ANYTHING THEY CAN. AND EVEN AFTER THEIR PERSONAL DEVASTATION, THE LIVES OF THOSE KILLED IN THE FLOODS, INCLUDING THE SMALL CHILDREN WEIGHING HEAVY HERE. I CAN ONLY IMAGINE THE LAST SECONDS OF THEIR LIFE. HOW SCARED THEY WERE NOT TO HAVE THEIR PARENTS. SO MANY OF THE PEOPLE HERE THINKING ABOUT THOSE CHILDREN AND RALLYING TOGETHER AS A COMMUNITY. REPORTING IN RIO DOSO ALIYAH CHAVEZ KOAT ACTION SEVEN NEWS. STAY UP TO DATE WITH THE HISTORIC FLOODING THERE, INCLUDING CURRENT WEATHER CONDITIONS AND YOUR CERTIFIED MOST ACC