{"id":4627,"date":"2025-07-24T06:25:06","date_gmt":"2025-07-24T06:25:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/grow24.us\/?p=4627"},"modified":"2025-07-24T06:25:06","modified_gmt":"2025-07-24T06:25:06","slug":"i-wanted-to-sing-for-them-for-their-parents-but-my-heart-gave-out-halfway-through-michael-buble-breaks-down-in-candlelit-tribute-to-children-lost-in-ruidoso-floods-just-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/grow24.us\/?p=4627","title":{"rendered":"\u201cI wanted to sing for them, for their parents\u2026 but my heart gave out halfway through.\u201d! Michael Bubl\u00e9 Breaks Down in Candlelit Tribute to Children Lost in Ruidoso Floods Just 24 hours after learning of the heartbreaking loss of two siblings\u2014ages 4 and 7\u2014swept away in the Ruidoso floods, Michael Bubl\u00e9 did something no one expected. Shaken by the tragedy and reminded of his own son\u2019s fight for life, he called John Legend and quietly organized a private benefit concert. No press. No stage lights. Just candles, piano keys, and the weight of unimaginable grief. The children\u2019s father, a soldier at Fort Bliss, had watched helplessly as emergency crews tried to save his kids. They didn\u2019t make it. And that grief echoed through every note as Bubl\u00e9 began a song he\u2019d written just hours earlier. But halfway through, his voice cracked. He stepped back. The tears came. The room fell completely silent. \u201cHe wasn\u2019t performing,\u201d one attendee said. \u201cHe was mourning. And we mourned with him.\u201d The night raised over $1.3 million\u2014all of it going directly to the victims\u2019 families. But no one remembers the number. They remember the stillness. The broken voice. The promise that these children would not be forgotten."},"content":{"rendered":"
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New Mexico Village Of Ruidoso Ravaged By Flash Flooding<\/h2>\n

Ruidoso, a remote village in the Sierra Blanca mountain range of New Mexico, was struck by \u201cunprecedented\u201d flash flooding on Tuesday (July 8). The news comes after the state of Texas was\u00a0hit with catastrophic flooding\u00a0on July 4.<\/p>\n

Ruidoso is approximately 180 miles south of Albuquerque and home to 7,600 people. Last year (2024), the town was affected by the South Fork and Salt wildfires, which burned over 17,000 acres.<\/p>\n

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As\u00a0NBC News<\/em>\u00a0details, the fires left behind burn scars and made the soil hydrophobic, meaning it does not absorb water.\u00a0<\/strong>The town also experienced flooding last year, but nothing like this.<\/p>\n

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Ruidoso is susceptible to the monsoon season, which starts in late June and ends in early September. This makes the village subject to flash flooding during heavy rainfall, but this recent flood was the worst that the village\u2019s mayor, Lynn Crawford, has ever seen.<\/p>\n

NBC News\u00a0<\/em>cites the National Weather Service, which states that the Rio Ruidoso crested at 15.86 feet last year, setting a record. But this year\u2019s storm caused the river to crest at a new record height of 20.24 feet.<\/p>\n

Before the rain, Mayor Crawford said the river was so small \u201cyou could have jumped across it<\/em>.\u201d<\/p>\n

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