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Levee Breach Forces Evacuations, Rescues in Socorro County, New Mexico

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A white gauge marked in tenths of a metre fixed to an old brick pier standing in calm green water, a weathered timber wall and a raft of floating reeds beside it
A staff gauge on a river pier, of the kind read to track rising water (illustrative)"Wodowskaz (stream gauge)" by Przemek Pietrak, via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0

A levee breach forced evacuations in the Escondida and Pueblito communities of Socorro County, New Mexico, overnight from Oct. 27 into Oct. 28, 2026, the National Weather Service's Albuquerque office said in a Local Storm Report. Nine rescues took place and 31 homes were evacuated, the report said, citing the Socorro County emergency manager.

The same storm system caused deadly flash flooding elsewhere in central New Mexico two days earlier, including a Rio Puerco bridge collapse near Belen and two flood deaths in Santa Fe and Socorro counties.

Several roads near San Pedro were impassable, including NM Road 380, the report said.

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