Tucson Hit by More Rain, Flooding
Storms dumped up to 4 inches of rain across southern Arizona on Tuesday, flooding washes and waterways and forcing evacuations in the Tucson area.
The rains prompted closure of five roads in Tucson and more than two dozen in Pima County.
The severity of the storm, on the heels of another Aug. 14, caused Pima County Supervisors’ chairwoman Sharon Bronson to declare a state of emergency. Doing so enables the county to seek aid from the state for infrastructure losses, already near $500,000 from the earlier storm.
Authorities used a Blackhawk helicopter to reach one woman and her children stranded by floodwaters on the porch of a mobile home southwest of Tucson’s city limits, Rural Metro spokesman Rick Flores said.
Rain in Tucson swept a man from his pickup into the Santa Cruz River after he drove into a flooded area and his truck was carried to a culvert grate. Firefighters formed a human chain to reach him on a sandbar.
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