Blowing dust closes I-10 at New Mexico-Arizona border

LORDSBURG, N.M. (AP) — A section of Interstate 10 near the New Mexico-Arizona border was closed for nearly two hours due to high winds and blowing dust. New Mexico Department of Transportation officials say the westbound lanes of the freeway were re-opened around 6 p.m. Monday but only the passing lane of eastbound I-10 is open at this time. Traffic was diverted onto U.S. 70 after visibility became low in the Lordsburg area around 4 p.m. In recent months and years, the stretch of highway near rural Lordsburg has seen deadly crashes and closures due to similar conditions stemming from the desert landscape and a dry lakebed.