A New Mexico Town Is About to Run Out of Drinking Water
Smoke from the Calf Canyon/Hermits Peak fire hovers over Las Vegas in May.Photo: Robert Browman/The Albuquerque Journal (AP)A town in New Mexico is facing a triple punch of climate impacts from wildfire, drought, and intense rainfall. The city of Las Vegas, New Mexico is set to run out of drinking water in September, thanks to pollution and debris from the largest wildfire in state history.Some residents at the fringes of Las Vegas, a city some 65 miles (105 kilometers) to the west of Santa Fe, were forced to evacuate in…