A brother and sister, who were killed in the Ruidoso flash flood, were identified by family members on Thursday, July 10. The siblings, 7-year-old Sebastian Rowan and

Stephanie Hopkins, a Whitehall High School graduate, lost her two young children, 7-year-old Sebastian and 4-year-old Charlotte, during a flash flood in Ruidoso, New Mexico Tuesday.

Seven-year-old Sebastian Rowan Trotter and his sister Charlotte Emery Trotter, 4, were among the three found dead in the wake of the most devastating flood in Ruidoso’s history.

At least three people were killed by historic flash floods in a New Mexico mountain community that suffered devastating wildfires last year, officials said late Tuesday.

Mayor Lynn Crawford said hearts are broken over the lives lost and stomachs are in knots as residents begin to take stock of the damage.