AFTER 54 DAYS OF A DROUGHT CONDITIONS, A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM BROUGHT HAIL AND FLASH FLOODING MONDAY AS IT SWEPT ACROSS THE ALBUQUERQUE METRO AREA. ALBUQUERQUE FIRE WAS CALLED OUT AT 3:00PM MONDAY TO PERFORM SWIFT WATER RESCUES ALONG I-40 NEAR LOMAS AND EUBANK WHERE FIVE PEOPLE WERE RESCUED FROM ARROYOS.
ONE OTHER PERSON WAS RESCUED AS WELL. BUT ONE PERSON WHO ENDED UP IN A SIMILAR INCIDENT WAS NOT AS FORTUNATE WHEN AFD CONFIRMED THAT THEY HAD RECOVERED A BODY IN THE NORTHERN PART OF THE CITY NEAR I-25 AND ALAMEDA.
THE STORM MONDAY AFFECTED BERNALILLO COUNTY AND ALSO CORRALES, RIO RANCHO, PARADISE HILLS, LOS RANCHOS, TIJERAS, CABEZON AND ISLETA PUEBLO.
