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Ruidoso small businesses struggle to reopen after damaging floods [Video]

SEVEN NEWS AT SIX STARTS RIGHT NOW. SEEING CARS BEING DRAGGED DOWN, THAT SEMI BEING DRAGGED DOWN, IT’S JUST IT’S UNREAL. SCENES OF DESTRUCTION AT THE CHEROKEE MOBILE VILLAGE IN RUIDOSO DOWNS. IT’S ONE OF THE AREAS HIT HARD AFTER HEAVY RAINS TRIGGERED BURN SCAR FLOODING OVER THE WEEKEND. A LOT OF DEBRIS AND DAMAGE TO THOSE HOMES WHILE RESIDENTS ARE LEFT TO PICK UP THE PIECES, SOME SMALL BUSINESSES ARE STILL UNABLE TO OPEN BACK UP BECAUSE OF THE DAMAGE. CRISTIANA RAMOS IS IN RUIDOSO DOWNS, WHERE SHE TALKED WITH A SHOP OWNER. THIS IS BLACK LABEL STUDIO, ONE OF MANY BUSINESSES IN RUIDOSO DOWNS DEVASTATED BY THE FLOODS. THE OWNERS TELL ME IT’S A PUNCH IN THE GUT, BUT THE COMEBACK IS GOING TO BE GREATER THAN EVER. EVERYBODY GET OUT! GO, GO, MOM! GO! A HORRIFYING MOMENT FOR BUSINESS OWNERS EMMANUEL AND CHELSEA NEGRETE OVER THE WEEKEND, …

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