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Flash Flood Near Paradise Valley, Arizona, Forces Water Rescue

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A staff gauge of the kind hydrologists use to track how high a stream rises (illustrative)"20250322 Grüselgraben 03" by Livia Rasp, via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 4.0

A flash flood near Paradise Valley, Arizona, trapped six people in four vehicles in rising floodwaters at 7:10 p.m. MST Oct. 30, 2026, and firefighters pulled all six to safety, the National Weather Service's Phoenix office said in a local storm report.

The rescue happened near a wash in Paradise Valley, in Maricopa County, after the vehicles became stuck in the floodwaters, the office's report said. Firefighters carried out the rescue.

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