The summer rainy season in New Mexico usually brings daily alerts about the potential for flooding around the arid state.

As residents and businesspeople in Ruidoso assess the damage caused by heavy and dangerous flooding, others can find ways to help. Here is what to know.

The two children were identified as Charlotte Trotter, 4, and Sebastian Trotter, 7, according to their aunt Tiffanie Wyatt. She said their father, Sebastian Trotter, a solder based at Fort Bliss in El Paso, Texas, and their mother, Stephanie, both suffered serious injuries but survived and were receiving medical treatment at a hospital in Texas.

A house with a turquoise door became a widely shared image of flooding in southern New Mexico when it was swept past a brewery that was designated a safe spot for anyone seeking higher ground

The disasters in Texas and New Mexico are something we can't take for granted here in. In 2007, deadly flash floods forced people to evacuate homes and campgrounds in southeastern. Up to 18 inches of rain fell between Aug.

"We want everyone to know that the kids were full of life and always laughing," the children's aunt said in a statement