A dead body was found Tuesday inside a Goodwill donation bin in Pasadena, according to authorities.

The Pasadena Police Department responded to a report of a body near 340 S. Fair Oaks Ave. around 11 a.m., according to KTLA. The body was found by employees wrapped in a tarp inside a donation bin.

Fox News reported that the body had no visible signs of injury.

Calls to the Pasadena Police Department were not immediately returned.

The person was identified as an adult man, but further details, including his name or circumstance of his death, weren’t released.

This is a developing story that will be updated as details are released.

Flash flooding from heavy rain Tuesday killed no less than three folks and prompted dozens of rescues within the Ruidoso space of southern New Mexico, officers mentioned — the identical space devastated by a lethal wildfire final summer season. A home was seen being carried downstream by the fast-moving water. There was no phrase on whether or not anybody was in it.

Late Tuesday evening, the village of Ruidoso confirmed {that a} four-year-old woman, seven-year-old boy and  40-to-50-year outdated man have been swept downstream and later discovered lifeless.

CBS Albuquerque, New Mexico affiliate KRQE-TV reported there have been dozens of swift water rescues. The Related Press cited Danielle Silva of the New Mexico Division of Homeland Safety and Emergency Administration as saying no less than 85 rescues have been carried out. Some folks trapped of their houses and automobiles have been amongst these dropped at security, she mentioned.

Kerry Gladden, a spokesperson for the village of Ruidoso, advised CBS Information some folks have been unaccounted for, however the quantity was unclear. KRQE put the quantity at three.

The Rio Ruidoso, a river in Lincoln County, rose about 19 toes in simply minutes, AP reported. Gladden mentioned the Hollywood gauge on the Rio Ruidoso hit a document stage in the course of the flash flood, 5 toes greater than the earlier mark, illustrating how briskly the flooding hit. 

In response to real-time data from the U.S. Geological Survey, water ranges on the 30-mile-long river about 150 miles southeast of Albuquerque have been “extraordinarily above” its historic each day averages on Tuesday night.

The Nationwide Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration mentioned in an announcement Tuesday that the Nationwide Climate Service issued a flood look ahead to the South Central Mountains, together with Ruidoso, at 2:46 a.m. MT. That warning was to be in impact from midday till 8 p.m. native time, NOAA mentioned. A flash flood warning was issued for the South Fork burn scar in Lincoln County, New Mexico, at 2:12 p.m., and included a “appreciable” flooding tag, which NOAA mentioned “routinely triggers a Wi-fi Emergency Alert to be issued for the warned space.” 

NOAA mentioned the warning was upgraded to a flash flooding emergency about half-hour later. 

A video posted on social media by Ruidoso resident Kaitlyn Carpenter exhibits fast-moving water sweeping a house down a river. Another video exhibits floodwaters carrying a myriad of particles down a river financial institution earlier than reaching a small bridge and inundating the roadway. 

Carpenter, whose artwork studio was swept away throughout a flood final 12 months, advised The AP she was using her bike by way of city Tuesday afternoon when the storm began to choose up, and he or she sought shelter on the riverside Downshift Brewing Firm with dozens of different folks. She began to movie particles speeding down the Rio Ruidoso river when she noticed a home floating by with a well-recognized turquoise door. It belonged to the household of one among her finest associates.

Her pal’s household was not in the home and is protected, she mentioned. 

“I have been in that home and have reminiscences in that home, so seeing it come down the river was simply fairly heartbreaking,” Carpenter advised AP. “I simply could not consider it.”

A couple of dozen roads have been closed due to particles, Gladden mentioned, and the cleanup is underway after water receded.

The world across the Rio Ruidoso and far of Lincoln County was scorched last year by wildfires, making the soil unstable on the floor and extra susceptible to flooding. Two folks died within the South Fork and Salt fires, and tons of of houses have been destroyed in June 2024. 

Wildfires can considerably change the panorama, together with lowering vegetation — which decreases the variety of vegetation and roots to carry all of the soil in place. The burn scars improve flash flood dangers for no less than two years, in response to the federal Burned Area Emergency Response, which assessed the injury.

The Related Press,

Omar Villafranca and

Carter Evans

contributed to this report.