Flash flooding kills 3 people in New Mexico as Southwest faces more dangerous rain

Flooding is seen in the Crownpoint District of New Mexico in an image posted by the Navajo Police Department on Tuesday. - From Navajo Police Department
The Southwest faces a barrage of intense rain this week as rounds of storms are tapping into unusually moisture-rich air being pulled north from Baja California, after flash flooding in New Mexico killed three people early Wednesday.
Officers responded at around 12:30 a.m. local time to a report of three people washed away by flooding near Newco