Localized torrential downpours Tuesday morning resulted in flooded washes in portions of Tucson and swift-water rescues.
Heavy localized rain in Tucson leads to busy morning of water rescues | Local news
A woman climbs out of a pickup truck after Northwest Fire District firefighters waded into a raging Cañada del Oro wash to perform a rescue at Overton Road, just east of La Cholla Boulevard. Six miles to the south, two people were pulled from a flooded wash after being swept more than a half-mile downstream. Saturated ground has raised Tucson’s flood risks.
A team of five Northwest Fire District firefighters walk a woman away from a stranded pickup truck in the Cañada del Oro wash.
Northwest Fire District firefighters carry a girl rescued from a pickup truck out of the Cañada del Oro wash after more than an inch of rain fell north of Tucson on Tuesday morning.
A woman waiting to be rescued looks up at firefighters sitting on Golder Ranch Fire District’s Ladder 380 during a swift-water rescue in the Cañada del Oro wash. Firefighters gave up on the ladder idea and sent a team of five rescuers into the river.
More than an inch of rain fell in areas north and northeast of Tucson, said Lance Tripoli, a meteorological technician with the National Weather Service in Tucson.
“Some areas on the lower backside of Mount Lemmon had in excess
