{"id":445506,"date":"2026-09-23T20:56:33","date_gmt":"2026-09-23T20:56:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/445506\/"},"modified":"2026-09-23T20:56:33","modified_gmt":"2026-09-23T20:56:33","slug":"flooding-forces-road-closures-in-el-paso-new-mexico","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/445506\/","title":{"rendered":"Flooding forces road closures in El Paso, New Mexico"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">UPDATE (2:19 p.m.): A Do\u00f1a Ana County spokesperson said several roads in the county closed after this week&#8217;s rain.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/image-15.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1494296\"\/>Courtesy: Do\u00f1a Ana County<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to the county, these roads are currently closed:<\/p>\n<p>Salopeck Road from 478 to Dos Lobos Road\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>San Anthonio Street and Visnaga Street in La Union<\/p>\n<p>Parera Street in Chamberino<\/p>\n<p>Do\u00f1a Ana Road from Lujan Hill to Embarcadero<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While some roads remain open, driving conditions may be difficult. The county suggested that drivers drive carefully and avoid roads with water.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">UPDATE (11:31 a.m.): The El Paso Fire Department said it received two sinkhole reports. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">One happened near Brown Street and Murchison Drive in Central El Paso. EPFD said police and barricades blocked off the area.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A second sinkhole report came from Campbell Street and Myrtle Avenue in Downtown El Paso. The city&#8217;s Streets and Maintenance Department is investigating. <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/image-14.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1494253\"\/>Crews clean debris off the road near Brown Street in Central El Paso.<br \/>(Courtesy: KVIA)<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) &#8212; Over the last few days,\u00a0ABC-7 has been warning you about the rainstorms, and our ABC-7 first alert continues for the rain and severe thunderstorms around the borderland.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It has been raining since Tuesday afternoon when the flood watch was issued and the flood watch will remain in effect until 7 p.m. Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As of Wednesday morning, roads across the borderland are flooded and closed, such as Doniphan and Racetrack. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">ABC-7 saw several cars stalled and towed after driving through high-rise water.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">El Paso Fire strongly advises people not to walk through floodwater if possible, it can be deeper and faster than you think.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Keep your distance from other cars on the slippery roads and keep an eye out on the road for down power lines, trees, and of course, a higher rise of water.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">El Paso Water is allowing customers to stop by one of two distribution centers to <a href=\"https:\/\/kvia.com\/news\/el-paso\/2026\/09\/21\/how-to-prepare-for-potential-flooding-this-week\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">pick up free sandbags<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to El Paso Water, both distribution centers will be open from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. every day until Saturday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">They are advising customers to provide their texas ID or a recent El Paso Water bill to receive up to 10 free bags.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"UPDATE (2:19 p.m.): A Do\u00f1a Ana County spokesperson said several roads in the county closed after this week&#8217;s&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":445507,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[138,140,139],"class_list":["post-445506","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-el-paso","tag-el-paso","tag-el-paso-headlines","tag-el-paso-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/445506","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=445506"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/445506\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/445507"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=445506"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=445506"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=445506"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}