A severe thunderstorm brought wind gusts of nearly 90 mph and caused flash flooding and power outages Friday in Albuquerque, reported several media outlets, including the Albuquerque Journal newspaper.
That storm follows another storm just a few days ago in Tulsa that caused 70 mph wind gusts and knocked out power to more than 100,000 in the city.
The storm in Albuquerque was so bad that officials closed Interstate 25 through a large chunk of the city. About 25,000 people were without power Friday night.
Fortunately, the Tulsa storm caused no injuries. About the only Route 66-related business that seemed to be adversely affected was the Admiral Twin Drive-In, which saw a few panels on one of its screens damaged. That forced the theater to show movies on just one screen until the panels could be replaced.