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| A sinkhole formed in the median of Interstate 40 about 20 miles west of
Albuquerque, which KOAT-TV reported was 20 feet deep before the rains
fell Friday. (Courtesy of KOAT-TV) |
Record-breaking rainfall inundated Albuquerque and New Mexico late
Saturday and Sunday, flooding roads, cresting bridges, knocking out
power and creating hazardous driving conditions throughout the state. Some parts of New Mexico reported eye-popping rainfall
totals since Tuesday, including 9.35 inches in Frijoles near Bandelier
National Monument, which received 7.58 inches. Record rainfall also fell
in Mogollon in Catron County with 9.24 inches, and Los Alamos with 7.22
inches. In Albuquerque, more than 2 inches of rain fell between
Saturday night and Sunday, and even before Sunday morning’s rain,
Albuquerque experienced a five-day record. “It looks like over a five-day period in Albuquerque, we had
3.16 inches of rain, and we could have more if it continues to come
down today and during the evening,” meteorology technician Troy Marshall
of the National Weather Service’s Albuquerque office said Sunday. That
includes 1.22 inches ending at midnight Saturday. The next highest five-day total for rainfall was 3.10 inches in September 1929, he said...
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