Amy, thank you Monsoon 2022.
Created some dangerous conditions
up in the high country today.
Heavy rain fell over several wildfire
burn scar areas near Flagstaff,
triggering flash,
flooding and mud slides.
A 12 news viewer sent us this video
of a basin that was overflowing.
Here's a different angle of
similar flooding in the area.
One man says the rushing water
started to flow over the wall
of sandbags that he had built.
The burn scarred debris also shut down
several roads and highways in the area.
A viewer shared this video
with us on the 12 news app.
You can see the rolling mud slides
pouring over both lanes of traffic,
stopping drivers in their tracks and
all of that heavy rain in Flagstaff
created a real mess for families tonight.
Dozens of homeowners are cleaning
up and assessing the damage left
behind after these storms triggered
a wall of mud and debris that
rushed into their homes and
the area remains on high alert for
the possibility of more storms.
Team 12 Jonathan McCall.
Us live tonight in Flagstaff and Jonathan,
what's the situation there right now?
Well, Mark and karibe.
Those families have the unenviable task of
trying to clean up and assess the damage.
As you mentioned from those storms,
you can seize.
This is just some of the damage left behind,
just that thick mud that has just
been all over this place that
folks are having to deal with.
We learned from the National Weather
Service that an inch and a half of rain
fell in this area in less than an hour.
On top of the burn scar from the
pipeline fire from just last month.
And for a lot of folks here,
they are on high alert waiting,
hoping that.
Our next round of storms will
not be as bad as this.
The power of Mother Nature on full display.
There's no stopping Mother
Nature in just one hour.
Thursday's storms dumped
more than an inch and a half
of rain in an area still scorched
from last month's pipeline fire.
A river of mud, water and debris
flowing down mountains and across
Hwy. 89 and right into a number of homes,
including John Roberts. No, no.
This is the worst one and I
went through the Schultz fire.
That was bad enough.
Roberts and his son spent Thursday afternoon
trying to clear away the mud and debris.
Take a look at the video that he shot as
rushing Rapids run through his property,
the metal fencing aimed at keeping folks
out simply no match for the raging river
that's now separated his property into two.
He says the thick mud has destroyed his barn
along with thousands of dollars in hay.
Now he says he has to find a way
to get to his two horses.
Now, on the other side of the property,
I had a sandbag.
Thought good enough, but there's nothing
good enough for this kind of water.
Robert says.
For years he's trying to get county leaders
to address his concerns about Burnscar flows.
After the Schultz fire.
I can't get any return phone
calls from the lady.
And yeah, I don't know.
It seems like they don't care,
but hours after the skies cleared,
county leaders held a previously scheduled
town hall meeting to talk about plans
to help with flooding in the area.
This event into perspective for you so
you can assess what the risk is. But
Roberts, though, still believes that
the worst may still be on the way.
It's gonna keep coming.
It's gonna get worse.
Like I say, that was about
2 1/2 inches up there.
What happens when we get
a four or five incher?
So Coconino County Emergency
Management officials say they
are still assessing the damage,
but say they have received
anywhere from 10 to 15.
Reports of homes being impacted by that
flow from that Burnscar earlier today.
But they say that they will continue
to do assessments in the coming days.
We're live tonight in Flagstaff.
Jonathan McCall 12 news.
All right, Jonathan, thanks.
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