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Arizona flash floods have hit the Tucson area after powerful thunderstorms brought heavy rain across southern Arizona. Tucson firefighters rescued three people from rushing floodwaters within 30 minutes as fast-moving water swept through roads and washes.The National Weather Service issued multiple Flash Flood Warnings for Pima County, with some areas recording 1.5 to 2.5 inches of rain. Officials warned of life-threatening flooding affecting washes, streets, highways and low-lying areas.In one warning, NWS reported 1.6 to 1.8 inches of rain near Brawley Wash, with another inch possible.The latest Arizona flooding comes as southern Arizona remains under an elevated flash-flood threat from thunderstorms and enhanced moisture.Watch the latest visuals and updates from Tucson, Pima County and across Arizona.

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00:17I was nervous on this one, that's for sure.
00:39Wow.
00:56Maybe it was past that one, but...
00:58It couldn't have been any worse than that one you just went through.
01:00It was shorter, but deeper.
01:04There's no line waiting.
01:05You feel confident on this one?
01:06Yeah.
01:08As long as I can stay on the road.
01:22Wow.
01:22The owners in a picture off neighborhood say that the road that their homes sit on is unsafe.
01:27Now the road that they're talking about is West Ina Road.
01:30It's a dirt road just east of Sondario Road.
01:33And this is what it looks like right now.
01:35We just got a storm that rolled through.
01:37Some flash flooding and you can see that water's moving very quickly.
01:41Residents say after a storm like this happens, all of the dirt on this road turns to deep, loose sand,
01:48which is hard to get their cars to drive in and out of.
01:51But they also say it makes it hard for garbage trucks, postal services and even EMS services to get down
01:58the road.
01:58And that makes them nervous, especially in the case of some sort of medical emergency.
02:01So Pima County says this is unincorporated Pima County.
02:04It's not a county maintained road and not the responsibility to deal with.
02:11Not ONE AM, but their families under it.
02:13It's not a county because it's not a county as a county.
02:14It's not a county.
02:19One, two, three, four.
02:26It's not a county.
02:26It's not a county.
02:27It's a county's country.
02:27It's not a county's country.
02:27So if you're looking for a few of these places, you can see that the city's country.
02:27Oh no, I can see that this city's country.
02:30I can see that it's a county's country.
02:42So
03:18So, unbelievable, unbelievable, look, there's a full, this is going to rise real quick,
03:31honey, we're going to have to get ready to go back.
03:38I heard a bunch of crashing, breaking branches and everything in the wash, looked out and
03:43there was a car floating down the wash.
03:45Came outside, heard some people already checking things out, they told me a car went floating
03:50down the way, there was guys trapped in it and I started running down the road and the
03:54firefighter was here, he just looked at me, threw the rope at me and said, here, hold
04:01on, he was able to go down in the wash, get to the gentleman and pull him ashore.
04:09Thankfully we saved his life.
04:11He told me if he hadn't had the help he wouldn't have been able to do so, just glad I
04:17could
04:17help the community.
04:59Reinhardt.
05:05You
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