Belen resident deals with flooding clean up Some New Mexicans dealt with the aftermath of Wednesday's intense storms on Thursday.
BELEN, N.M. – Some New Mexicans dealt with the aftermath of Wednesday’s intense storms on Thursday.
A viewer sent KOB 4 a video showing water rushing past homes and vehicles in front of her house in Belen. At one point, a white trailer was washed away.
Antonio Lucero was left cleaning up Thursday. He lives near the intersection of Calle De Baca and Highway 116. It’s a complete muddy mess with puddles of water remaining, hours after the storm passed.
Lucero says our state’s Department of Transportation placed a canal-like fix and two culverts to keep the water from the arroyo on Calle De Baca from going to his property, but it didn’t work.
He says one of th