New Evacuations Ordered for El Paso

Forecasters expected more rain Saturday in the drenched El Paso area, where a week of storms forced hundreds of people from mountainside neighborhoods and caused flash floods and rocks slides.

A new round of evacuations was ordered Friday after a downpour flooded homes and streets around El Paso for the sixth straight day. Nearly 1,000 residents who sought refuge in the city's convention center Thursday were allowed to return home Friday. Later, the convention center was closed and about 30 people were placed in hotels by the American Red Cross.

The downpour that forced residents in central El Paso and in outlying areas to seek emergency shelter came shortly after city officials rescinded a mandatory evacuation order for low-lying areas downtown.

from the AP via the Washington Post