New Mexico Flooding Update: Man's Body Found in Flood Debris

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — A hiker found the body of a man amid debris from flooding that brought widespread damage to the state this month, authorities said as areas of the storm-weary region faced more thunderstorms.
Catron Country Sheriff's Office said the man was found Saturday in a sand bar off the San Francisco River near Alma in the Gila National Forest. It appears he died in the flood.
Under Sheriff Ian Fletcher said Sunday that it was not known if the body was that of 83-year-old Howard Bassett, the Arizona man reported missing last week after he was evacuated from the Silver Creek Inn in Mogollon on Sept. 14 and did not return to collect his belongings.

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The sand bar where the body was found had debris from the flood. The body has been sent to the Officer of Medical Investigators for identification.
State Police said aerial searchers found Bassett's truck Wednesday night, and it was wrapped in mud and flood debris in Silver Creek off State Road 159.
Bassett was staying at the Silver Creek Inn when heavy rains hit.
The National Weather Service said early Sunday northwestern and north central New Mexico could see "strong to severe" thunderstorms. By evening, a flood advisory was in effect for the Albuquerque, where thunderstorms also were reported.

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