State and Gallup police respond with members of the Gallup fire department on Wednesday to the 25 mile marker on I-40 after strong winds caused this tractor-trailer truck to tip over, closing westbound lanes and snarling traffic through town. [Photo by Jeff Jones/Independent]

Gallup fire department Capt. Jonathan Pablo tries to shield his radio mocrophone from the wind while talking to the Metro dispatch center Wednesday as he investigates the scene of a roof being blown off a home at 402 W. Logan St in Gallup. High winds and strong gusts caused numerous problems throughout the region, including power outages, traffice accidents, broken power poles and damaged billboards. [Photo by Jeff Jones/Independent]

Firemen work to suppress a brush fire just west of Gallup along I-40 near the 12 mile marker. The fire produced tremendous amounts of smoke and treated a nearby trailer park with heavy smoke and fire. Residents of the park were evacuated from their homes. [Photo by Daniel Zollinger/Independent]

Fritz Eberhardt, near, and J.B. Norton both from Albuquerque, walk through the Grants Mining Museum on Thursday morning while on a guided tour of the underground exhibit. [Photo by Matt Hinshaw/Independent] Full Story