Southeast New Mexico residents are recovering from flooding caused by historic weekend rain, prompting the governor to declare a state of emergency on Oct. 22.
Gov. Michelle Grisham’s order unlocked $1 million in state funding for Chaves County, where Roswell is the county seat.
Of that $1 million, $750,000 will go to the state’s Department of Homeland Security and Emergency Management for response efforts and $250,000 to the New Mexico National Guard for disaster relief.
Roswell is known as the site of an alleged UFO crash in 1947, spawning numerous stories and theories.
Grisham said that since the flooding began Oct. 19, first responders have rescued over 300 people. …