Roswell, N.M., received nearly a third of its annual rainfall total in just a few hours on Sunday. Rescue efforts were ongoing with more storms in the forecast.

At least one person has died and hundreds have been rescued in Roswell, New Mexico, after extreme overnight rainfall brought severe flooding, stranding motorists and sweeping away cars. The New Mexico National Guard and other agencies have rescued at least 290 people,

Officials in Roswell, New Mexico, were asking people to remain off the streets on Sunday after one person died as a result of extreme flooding.

Roswell, N.M., set a new daily rainfall record, shocking many residents who were trapped in their cars in floodwaters.

Search and rescue efforts are underway Sunday morning in Roswell following severe flooding. One person has died.

Record rainfall produced severe flooding in and around Roswell and Chaves County. Water levels had receded in many parts of the city but remained high in the downtown area.

At least two were killed and hundreds were rescued as torrential rains poured an “historic” amount on eastern New Mexico.