Three people have died and others are missing after flooding in Arizona, authorities said, the Associated Press reported, quoted by BTA.
Carl Melford, manager of the Gila County Department of Emergency Management, told KPHO-TV that two of the dead were found in a car and the third was found elsewhere after flooding on Friday in Globe, a city of about 7,250 people located about 88 miles east of Phoenix.
"I grew up here and right now I don't recognize the city I grew up in," he said.
Rescuers searched for the missing people all night, and additional help arrived on Saturday to continue the search, city authorities announced on Facebook. They urged people to stay away from the historic center of the former mining town due to damaged buildings and hazardous chemicals and debris, including propane tanks, swept away by the flood.