New Mexico wildfires burn out of control as US battles under heat alerts | BBC News

Wildfires in the US state of New Mexico continue to burn out of control after destroying more than 1,000 homes in the state.

The entire population of one New Mexico town was ordered to evacuate.

Overall, more than 70 million Americans, about one in five people, remain under heat alerts on Wednesday. Heat alerts also apply in six Canadian provinces.

Meanwhile, tropical Storm Alberto has formed over Western Gulf of Mexico.

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[viviendomisabatico]

Those firefighters are the real heroes. Bless them 🙏🏽❤️

[kimberlylucero]

I have been to ruidoso maybe 3 years ago it was an amazing place everyone was very friendly and the ski resort is awesome its sad to see this place burn.

[elizabethmcleod]

This is so sad. People displaced and animals killed. 😭

[AKirazz]

My trucks AC doesn't work but thankfully my work is less than 10 minutes away... but those few minutes are horrible, its been 90 degrees.

[Aryanchadrick]

Quick guys we must give billions of our tax paying dollars to politicians who wont spend a single dime on helping get rid of the wild fire.

[LeilaRezazad]

Our only home is dying right under our nose and nothing is being done about it

[gatshenindlovu]

Joh that's sad, from South Africa 🇿🇦

[aninterestedparty]

Sad to say but we Yanks have to go to the BBC to get half-way decent weather/climate news coverage. Has anyone watching a U.S. based commercial news service broadcast ever heard tell of the 1%C/4% moisture-in-the-air relationship? It was an American meteorologist who was interviewed, and he was excellent, but he’s nowhere on “our” stations. And has anyone enjoyed watching The Weather Channel - of all places - tying itself in knots trying to avoid discussing the human-influenced aspect of climate change/global warming? Comical if it wasn’t tragic. TWC much prefers heroic rescue operations coverage and “exciting” storm-of-the-century type entertainment to ever mentioning the unmentionable: Fossil Fuels. Thanks BBC. In America we get male and female hairdo model combos sitting at sleek desks in high fashion gear giving us 2 minutes on “the latest.” Well, there it is!

[christianzilla]

The only species to have incentivised its own annihilation.

[alexarranzg]

Are you going to report record temperatures in the middle of the runway in Gatwick airport this year again? 😂😂😂 BBC you are so pathetic.

[ittaaablir]

environmentalist should always be alert when summer start to avoid wildfires

[glenmarson]

“He’s not coming back with no water but with fire.!”

[MoronicMoments]

Wildfires are natural, Countries playing about the world's weather isn't.

[pemj]

It's also been proven that many of the fires are set deliberately.

[featme]

It's not that bad. Small areas..click bait reporting, trying to make it seem worse than it is. I live in California...

[Nxck]

Clausius-Clapeyron equation mentioned on world news, nerds rejoice

[kaybeehymumf]

Never had wildfires before “climate change”

[spacemonkey]

The BBC Gaslighting is endless... 😂
Who had 1 min 48 secs? 1:48

[G-T]

Act of God!
Blame the US Government.

[Onmysheet]

I hope it doesn't get this hot again in the UK.