Rampen · Southwest floodsFour Communities Can Return After New Mexico Dam Scare—Rincon Remains EvacuatedGeschreven 30 september 2026 om 11:51 UTCKijkenTranscript0:09Flood water breached Ringcon's levee, and residents still cannot return home.0:14Four neighboring communities have permission to return after a dam failure scare,0:18but that does not establish that the dam is permanently secure.0:21What has changed enough to let people return, and where does the danger remain?0:25Four communities were cleared to return late September 29th.0:28Salem, Garfield, Hatch, and Placidus.0:31Weather improved, and the immediate prospect of substantial additional rain0:35diminished.0:36Rincon's evacuation remained in effect in the overnight updates available early0:40September 30th.0:41The lifting announcement is placed around 10.20 or shortly before 11 at night, but0:45its exact minute is unresolved.0:47An article's update time is not necessarily the time an evacuation order changed.0:52A small piping failure at McLeod Dam was reported mitigated by about 8.30 that0:56evening.0:57Pumps were on their way to lower the water level and pressure.1:00That was a consequential change from the afternoon warning of imminent failure, not1:03a final engineering verdict.1:05Water was no longer exiting the dam at that point.1:08Piping means internal erosion associated with water moving through or beneath a1:12structure.1:12It does not by itself establish a completed breach through the entire dam body.1:17Earlier water coming over the top also did not prove that the dam had collapsed.1:21More rain and renewed overtopping remained concerns.1:23A separate levee breach near Rincon's water plant and standing floodwater helped1:28keep that community evacuated.1:29That levee is not McLeod Dam, and its breach is not evidence that the dam collapsed.1:34McLeod, also called Garfield Dam locally, sits on McLeod Arroyo near Garfield in1:38northwestern Doña Anna County.1:40Its precise coordinates and official identification number remain unavailable.1:44Several retention dams in the Hatch Valley were nearly full while intense runoff1:48increased the downstream danger.1:50Highway 187 near Salem and Garfield closed because of water and debris.1:55The initial flash flood emergency covered rural ground between Garfield and Salem,1:59including Highways 187 and 390 in irrigation drains.2:03It carried instructions to seek higher ground immediately and described a2:06particularly dangerous situation.2:07Coverage later extended through the Hatch Valley between the Sierra County line and2:10Rincon.2:11Families in Salem, Garfield, and Rincon were told to leave during the afternoon.2:15Hatch and then Placidas were added that evening.2:18Hatch has approximately 1,500 to 1,600 residents.2:21That is a population estimate, not the number who evacuated.2:24No verified count establishes how many people left, used shelters, or stayed home.2:28The initial county notice strongly encouraged Salem and Garfield residents to2:32evacuate immediately.2:33It identified reception sites at the Radium Springs Community Resource Center,2:3712,060 Lindbeck Road, and the Doña Ana Community Resource Center, 57452:43Ledesma Drive.2:44The Red Cross was dispatched to Radium Springs.2:47Residents were directed toward Interstate 25 and safer locations, avoiding flooded2:52roads and low water crossings, and urged to take medicines, limited essentials, and2:56pets rather than wait for conditions to worsen.2:58The evening emergency warning also changed.3:01At 6.59 Mountain Daylight time, the emergency for Hatch, Salem, and Placidas was set3:05to last until 8.45.3:07After that expiry, later warning coverage narrowed to Radium Springs and Rincon.3:12First through 11:30 at night, then 1:30 in the morning.3:15The earlier emergency is not a current warning, and none of those notices confirms a3:19full dam breach.3:20The national alert estimates span 25 million people under flood alerts and more than3:2530 million under weather alerts.3:27Those are different categories potentially covering different areas or moments.3:31They cannot be added together, treated as a settled official census, or described as3:35a verified increase.3:36Weather alerts are broader than flood alerts.3:38The two accounts have not been independently reconciled.3:41A wider forecast put approximately 33 million people in Tuesday's Southwest and3:45Central Plains flood threat footprint, and 150 million across more than 30 states in3:50the week-long footprint.3:52Those described forecast exposure, not independently verified populations under3:56active flood warnings.3:57Likewise, the regional significant flash flood risk of level 3 on a four-level scale4:02is a forecast assessment, not flood depth and not the probability that a particular4:06dam will fail.4:07Three people were rescued from flooded roads in Tonopah and New River that morning.4:11The helicopter extraction involved one man in Tonopa, west of Phoenix, not inside4:16western Phoenix City limits.4:17The other two were New River vehicle assists.4:20Multiple descriptions of the same helicopter extraction do not establish multiple4:23rescues.4:24The Tonopa man stood on the roof of a silver Toyota Tacoma lying on its side in4:28floodwater, approximately 30 feet from shore near 327th Avenue and Salome Highway.4:34The road was also described as 327th Drive.4:37The extraction happened around 8.30 on September 29th, with another description4:41placing it just after 8.4:43A sheriff's aviation crew used a helicopter long line or hoist.4:46The crew included pilot Rich Dickner and hoist technician Lindsey Smith.4:50The New River assists included a box truck incident in a wash, whose driver got out,4:55and another stuck vehicle near 19th Avenue in Irvine.4:58The Tonopah man's medical outcome remains unsettled.5:01Early descriptions said he was transported or hospitalized, with his condition5:05unspecified.5:06Later descriptions said he was not hurt, was safe that evening, or did not need a5:10hospital.5:11His rescue is established, but a hospital admission, injury diagnosis, and5:14reconciled medical outcome are not.5:17A man rescued from a Las Vegas drainage tunnel was a different person, rescued by a5:21different agency on a different day.5:23Clark County firefighters responded late Monday, September 28th, near Twain and5:28Eastern Avenues after he fell from a bridge into fast-moving water and the tunnel.5:32Initial rope bag attempts failed.5:34A technical rescue team used a high-point rope system to raise both the man and a5:38rescue technician.5:40He was assessed at the scene and released.5:42The official response time was approximately 10.04 at night.5:45Another account placed it just after 11.5:48September 29th was the publication date, not the established rescue date.5:52A volunteer gauge northeast of Bullhead City recorded 2.34 inches by 7 in the5:57morning, September 29th, over roughly the preceding 24 hours.6:01Its observer reported no flooding at that particular site.6:04A different airport station recorded 0.72 inches on September 28th and 0.30 on6:09September 29th.6:10Using local calendar days, adding those gives 1.02 inches, but that arithmetic is6:16not a separately issued official storm total.6:18Different locations and observation windows prevent a direct comparison without6:22those qualifications.6:23The 3.91 inch figure was a September monthly total at another volunteer station, not6:28an established accumulation from this storm.6:31Acclaimed 1.91 inch Bullhead City reading at 12.15 in the morning, September 29th,6:37was not established as an event measurement.6:39The widespread 1 to 3 inch figure with locally more than 5 inches was a northern New6:44Mexico and mountain forecast, not measured rainfall at McLeod Dam or across Doñaana6:48County.6:49That forecast discussion was updated at 5.54 Mountain Daylight Time, with key6:53messages at 5.51.6:55A separate 9.40 morning precipitation report covered prior 24-hour observations,7:00including Albuquerque area readings above 1 or 2 inches.7:03It did not turn the later forecast into an observed total.7:06A verified dam area accumulation and measurement period remain unavailable.7:11Previously wet ground increased runoff as tropical moisture associated with7:14Hurricane Polo's remnants moved through the region.7:17The next major exposure is Texas, where much of the rainfall threat still lay ahead7:22in the early September 30th assessment.7:24South central Texas could receive widespread event totals of 2 to 4 inches with7:28isolated totals near 8 inches.7:30The flood watch runs from 7 Wednesday evening, September 30th, through 7 Friday7:34evening, October 2nd, Central Daylight Time.7:36The heaviest threat is Wednesday night through Friday, especially Thursday and7:39Thursday night, as a front and tropical moisture favor repeated rain.7:42The exact claimed Tuesday morning issuance time has not been established.7:46The earlier Central Texas forecast allowed up to 7 inches beginning Wednesday.7:50It did not mean 7 inches had fallen, or that all 7 would fall Wednesday alone.7:54No measured 7-inch total has been verified for this event.7:57Damaging winds were also a forecast possibility, initially for Wednesday afternoon8:01and evening.8:01Later discussion emphasizes strong or severe wind and hail with storms Wednesday8:05night through Friday morning.8:06That is not an established report of wind damage already occurring.8:09Early Wednesday daytime forecasts give south or southeast winds of 10 to 15 miles an8:14hour, gusting around 25, along the Austin-San Antonio Interstate 35 corridor.8:18Parts of the Hill Country and West Central area have 15 to 20 mile an hour winds,8:22gusting around 30.8:23Those ordinary forecast winds are not interchangeable with a verified severe8:27thunderstorm damage report.8:28The partial return answers the immediate question only in part.8:32Improved weather allowed four communities to return, while floodwater and a separate8:36levee breach kept Ringcon evacuated.8:39A final engineering all-clear for McLeod Dam is not yet confirmed.8:43There is no established later lifting of Rincon's order, complete property damage8:47assessment, or regional casualty tally.8:49Texas's isolated 7 to 8 inch rainfall figures remain forecasts, with the watch8:54extending through Friday evening.Lees het artikelTijdlijn van het verhaalHeyDexDe korte video ↗Wie meldde watPunten die meer dan één medium melddeEvacuations near the New Mexico dam5 media✓People covered by weather alertsOnafhankelijk bevestigd · 4 mediaMan rescued from vehicle near Phoenix4 mediaNew Mexico dam faced possible failure3 mediaFlash flood emergency in Doña Ana County3 mediaWater rescues across the Southwest3 mediaPeople facing a broad flood threat3 media✓Rain rates around Dallas and Fort WorthOnafhankelijk bevestigd · 3 mediaFlood threat along the I-35 corridor3 mediaTornado reports in central Kansas3 mediaPolo remnants affected the Southwest3 mediaFlash flooding in Fort Worth3 mediaFlooded roads and debris across New Mexico3 mediaStorm system expected to bring days of rain3 mediaFlood watches extended through Friday3 mediaFlash-flood warning around Dallas and Fort Worth2 media✓Woman rescued from vehicle roof in New MexicoOnafhankelijk bevestigd · 2 mediaRain bands and rising desert rivers2 mediaTornado activity in Amarillo2 mediaTornado near Roselle, Kansas2 mediaHeavy rain forecast for Dallas2 mediaReporting did not confirm dam failure2 mediaFirefighter rescued woman from car in Texas2 mediaHeavy rain forecast for Texas and Oklahoma2 mediaElke regel is de bewering zoals wij die uit het bericht van dat medium hebben vastgelegd. 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