At least one person has died and hundreds have been rescued in Roswell, New Mexico, after extreme overnight rainfall brought severe flooding, stranding motorists and sweeping away cars.

Roswell, N.M., received nearly a third of its annual rainfall total in just a few hours on Sunday. Rescue efforts were ongoing with more storms in the forecast.

Officials in Roswell, New Mexico, were asking people to remain off the streets on Sunday after one person died as a result of extreme flooding.

Roswell, N.M., set a new daily rainfall record, shocking many residents who were trapped in their cars in floodwaters.

The New Mexico National Guard is continuing search and rescue operations after record rainfall resulted in severe flooding in and around the city of Roswell and Chaves County.

Record rainfall produced severe flooding in and around Roswell and Chaves County. Water levels had receded in many parts of the city but remained high in the downtown area.

At least two were killed and hundreds were rescued as torrential rains poured an “historic” amount on eastern New Mexico.