Record heat for El Paso: Cooling centers, safety tips, free fans
EL PASO, Texas — The National Weather Service has issued Heat Advisories for El Paso and Hudspeth counties in far west Texas as well as Dona Ana,…
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Heat contributes to power outages for hundreds of El Paso Electric customers
El PASO, Texas — Hundreds of El Paso Electric customers found themselves without electricity, and as a result air conditioning, on Saturday as the…
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El Paso veterinarian offers pet safety tips during heatwave
EL PASO, Texas — The heat is on across the Borderland. Many area locations are expected to reach afternoon highs around 106-110 degrees. With this…
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Chill out: See how the El Paso Zoo keeps animals cool in a heat wave
EL PASO, Texas — With triple digit temperatures hitting the Borderland its not just humans that feel the heat, our four-legged friends at the El…
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Las Cruces opens cooling centers amid heat wave, but splash pads still closed
LAS CRUCES, NEW Mexico – Vulnerable Las Cruces residents can seek shelter from the extreme heat in cooling centers, but splash pads and outdoor pools…
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Police safely find 91-year-old who wandered away from Las Cruces nursing home, feared in peril in heat
UPDATE: After ABC-7’s alert went out, Las Cruces police said they found the missing elderly man, feared in peril in the heat, walking near a CVS…
Continue ReadingWATCH: ‘Ring of fire’ solar eclipse lights up the sky
A “ring of fire” solar eclipse appeared in the sky Thursday as the moon partially blocked out the sun. It was visible in many parts of…
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Shortage of air conditioning parts causes repair delays in El Paso
EL PASO, Texas — Air conditioning companies in El Paso are seeing a delay in parts which is causing repair times to last weeks, and sometimes even…
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Tunnel Vista Falls near Cloudcroft offers a respite from the heat with a waterfall cool down
CLOUDCROFT, New Mexico — It’s a little oasis just west of Cloudcroft called Tunnel Vista Falls. The waterfall sits at the end of the hiking trail…
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Firefighters hold containment of Ruidoso wildfire despite wind
UPDATE, June 9: RUIDOSO, New Mexico — As of Wednesday, officials said the Ball Field Fire burning near Ruidoso was 50% contained and holding at 25…
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Drought may impact Doña Ana County’s iconic pecan crop production
DOÑA ANA COUNTY, New Mexico – In the middle of an extreme drought, Doña Ana County pecan farmers must rely on outside water sources to produce…
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Doña Ana County to move ahead on fireworks restrictions due to dry conditions
DOÑA ANA COUNTY, New Mexico — One day after the City of Las Cruces imposed a partial ban on fireworks, Doña Ana County Commissioners had a public…
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More than 100,000 acres have burned in Arizona wildfires
Two growing wildfires in eastern Arizona have burned more than 109,000 acres as of Monday afternoon, according to officials at the interagency…
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Funnel cloud caught on video in El Paso: Was it a tornado or dust devil?
EL PASO, Texas — Take a look at the video player above. This funnel cloud was recorded in far east El Paso. ABC-7 viewer Carlos Prado captured this…
Continue ReadingMore than 600 quakes shake the California-Mexico border this weekend
CALIPATRIA, California — More than 600 small earthquakes have been recorded this weekend in a rural area near the Salton Sea in Southern…
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More than 150 quakes shake California-Mexico border; largest registers 5.3 magnitude
CALIPATRIA, California — Over 150 small earthquakes have been recorded Saturday in a rural area near the Salton Sea in Southern California,…
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It’s rafting season as water makes its way down the Rio Grande through Borderland
LAS CRUCES, New Mexico –The water was released from Caballo Lake Monday into the Rio Grande. It hit Las Cruces Tuesday and was expected to get to…
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Woman swept away, drowns in flash flood near Ruidoso Downs
RUIDOSO DOWNS, New Mexico — A 47-year-old woman died while trying to drive her car through flood waters in Lincoln County over the holiday weekend,…
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Water begins filling up the Rio Grande across the Borderland
ELEPHANT BUTTE, New Mexico — Millions of gallons of water were released from the Caballo Lake Reservoir on Monday. Soon, farmers across the…
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When to see the total lunar eclipse and ‘flower’ supermoon
The moon is about to put on a bit of a show. The full moon on May 26 will be the first total lunar eclipse since January 2019, according to EarthSky.…
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Look up: Venus will be impressively bright in the night sky starting this week
Venus, the closest planet to Earth, will appear impressively bright in the night sky this week, after being obscured by the glare of the sun during…
Continue ReadingExtreme weather kills 21 ultra-marathon runners in China
Twenty one ultra-marathon runners have died after extreme weather conditions hit a 100-kilometer (62-mile) mountain race in northwest China. The…
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Rescuers in China say 21 people in mountain cross-country race die due to extreme weather, drop in temperature
BEIJING (AP) — Twenty-one people running a mountain marathon cross-country race have died in northwestern China after hail, freezing rain and gale…
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Severe weather threat ends in Otero & Hudspeth counties
Click here for the latest Severe Weather Warnings, Watches and AlertsClick here for ABC-7’s LIVE Interactive StormTrack Doppler Radar EL PASO, Texas…
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Volcano erupts in eastern Congo near the city of Goma, panicking residents
GOMA, Congo — Witnesses say a volcano has erupted in eastern Congo near the city of Goma. Residents in the city of nearly 2 million began fleeing…
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Borderland coalition offers water safety tips to prevent summertime drownings
EL PASO, Texas — Summer is just around the corner and there’s no better way to beat the heat than going for a dip in the water – whether it be…
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Southern New Mexico farms apply for pilot project to save water
ELEPHANT BUTTE, New Mexico — More than two dozen farms in southern New Mexico have applied for a program that will pay them not to plant their…
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Indian navy says it has rescued 177 in Arabian Sea after barge sinks, 2nd left adrift by cyclone that hit western coast
NEW DELHI (AP) — The Indian navy is working to rescue crew members from a sunken barge and a second cargo vessel that was adrift off the coast of…
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No injures, but shed destroyed in smoky Upper Valley brush fire
EL PASO, Texas — A fast-moving brush fire in El Paso’s Upper Valley on Saturday afternoon generated lots of visible smoke and destroyed a shed, but…
Continue Reading Over 3,500 lost power in northeast El Paso on hot evening
EL PASO, Texas — A northeast El Paso power outage left thousands without electrical service for a portion of the hot Saturday evening. The El Paso…
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