Doña Ana County advises everyone to avoid Koogle Road, between Tierra Vista Road and Alvarez Road, south of Macarena Ave.
Primarily a residential area, with approximately 50 homes, it is experiencing heavy flooding and infrastructure challenges. People who live in that area are advised to consider their safety first and decide whether to leave or stay. All others are advised to avoid the area to support law enforcement and emergency management activities.
Firefighters and law enforcement officers and others are addressing infrastructure compromises and working on different events in that area.
Anyone who needs immediate assistance should call 9-1-1.
1. A MANDATORY EVACUATION has been issued for the following areas: Paloma, Alvarez, Golondrinas, Salome, Hernandez and El Chava Lane.
2. Evacuation site: Anthony Elementary: 600 N 4th St, Anthony, NM 88021
*If we have ordered evacuation it is for your safety. If you choose not to comply with orders of evacuation, this could affect our ability to rescue you when the streets are closed and are no longer accessible.
3. There is no water service in Cielo Durado Estates and La Union. At this time we have no estimated time for when the water service will resume.
Residents who need drinking water can find two cases per household, at the following locations:
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Anthony Elementary School | 600 N. Fourth Street |
Grace Gardens | 6701 Westside Drive |
La Union Elementary School | 875 Mercantil Ave. |
St. Luke’s Episcopal Church | 7050 McNutt Road |
Our Lady of Refuge Catholic Church | 1320 Mercantil Ave. |
4. Residents throughout Southern Doña Ana County who evacuated their homes because of flooding, voluntarily or involuntarily must remain away from the area and their own homes until Doña Ana County Sheriff Kim Stewart announces that the area is safe enough for them to return.
Information from Doña Ana County