Storms cause flooding in Arizona, Nevada; 2 teens hospitalized after Utah lightning strike

Storms cause flooding in Arizona, Nevada

PHOENIX — Strong storms on Tuesday pounded portions of the West, dropping record-setting rain in northern Nevada, flooding roads and disrupting flights in Phoenix, and dumping enough snow at the top of the Sierra to close a mountain highway pass.

Balloon race lifting off in New Mexico to pay tribute to 2 colleagues lost in Adriatic Sea

Balloonists in NM to pay tribute to 2 lost at sea

Storms roll across Southwest, delaying flights, balloon race and causing localized flooding

Strong winds, heavy rain roll across Southwest

Pall cast over international balloon fiesta as search continues for missing American pilots

Missing pilots cast pall over balloon fiesta in US

Italian search for American balloonists missing over Adriatic expanded on second day

Search for missing US balloon pilots intensifies

Rio Grande Missing Woman Search Resumed

Contractor cleans up after asphalt tanker spill along northern New Mexico river

Spill cleanup under way along New Mexico river

NM man set on fire after losing drinking bet with friends released from burn center

NM man burned by buddies released from hospital

New Mexico police say father taught 6-year-old son to build bombs, explode in desert

NM police say father taught son to build bombs

Police in New Mexico say father gave 6-year-old son detailed lessons on bomb-making

NM police say dad taught son, 6, to make bombs

Hundreds of homes evacuated because of Flagstaff, Ariz., wildfire; search under way for hikers

Hundreds of homes evacuated because of Ariz. fire

Residents of more than 1,000 homes advised to evacuate because of wildfire near Flagstaff, AZ

Arizona wildfire forces hundreds to evacuate

Authorities: Second wildfire forces more evacuations near Flagstaff, Ariz.

2nd fire forces evacuations near Flagstaff, Ariz.

Authorities: Calif. man facing charge of starting AZ fire, crews brace for strong winds

Authorities: Man facing charge of starting AZ fire

Texas town mourns loss of 5, including coach and homebuilder, killed in NM plane crash

Texas town mourns NM plane crash victims

GRANBURY, Texas — A day after five residents died in a plane crash in New Mexico, the small, close-knit town of Granbury on Friday mourned the losses that included a coach, a teacher and a homebuilder.

State police: Texas families in plane crash traveled with remains of crash victim’s mother

Families carried remains of crash victim’s mother

Texans killed in New Mexico plane crash were traveling with remains of crash victim’s mother

NM plane crash victims carried remains of mother

Officials say firefighters gaining ground on wildfire on Army firing range in New Mexico

Officials: Firefighters gaining on Fort Bliss fire

Authorities: 2 Texas couples, boy killed in southern NM plane crash; 2 brothers injured

Authorities ID victims in southern NM plane crash

Authorities say at least 5 dead, 2 injured after plane crash at regional airport in New Mexico

At least 5 dead, 2 hurt in southern NM plane crash

Authorities say 5 people dead, 2 injured after plane crash at south-central New Mexico airport

5 dead, 2 injured in southern NM plane crash

Police say 5 people dead after plane crash at south-central New Mexico airport

State police: 5 dead in plane crash at NM airport

2 women die in head-on crash with suspected bank robber fleeing Albuquerque police chase

2 die in NM crash with suspected bank robber

Company confirms second death in March 2 New Mexico refinery fire

Second death at New Mexico refinery confirmed

Lawsuit filed by injured plaintiff says cause of refinery explosion was a welding accident

Lawsuit details cause of NM oil refinery explosion

Investigators search for cause of New Mexico oil refinery fire that killed 2, injured 2 others

Investigators search for cause of NM refinery fire

2 workers killed, 2 others injured after storage tank explodes at New Mexico oil refinery

2 workers killed in New Mexico oil refinery fire

Investigators sift through debris after 2 employees killed in NM oil refinery explosion

Feds probe NM refinery explosion that killed 2

2 employees killed, 2 others injured after storage tank explodes at New Mexico oil refinery

2 employees killed in New Mexico oil refinery fire

Southern Plains buried in heavy snow, ice; tens of thousands without power as storm moves east

Heavy snow, ice bury southern Plains, cut power

Freezing rain, sleet, snow chill southern Plains, triggering power outages and closing roads

Ice, snow chill southern Plains amid power outages

Weather service issues rare tornado warning for N. California’s Contra Costa County

Officials issue rare Bay area tornado warning

Storms give way to sunshine, trashed beaches in Calif.; snow mounts in parts of Arizona, NM

Storms trash Calif. beaches, bring snow to AZ, NM

Storms give way to sunshine in California; snow piles up in parts of Arizona, New Mexico

Calif. skies clear; snow piles up in N. Ariz, NM

Californians returning home, Arizonans drying out after stampede of storms

Storm: Arizonans dry out, Californians head home

Report: Univ. of New Mexico facility vulnerable to winds that caused Cowboys’ canopy collapse

Report cites flaw in Univ. of New Mexico facility

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