As wildfires rage across the drought-stricken West, severe storms continue to threaten other regions.
In Arizona, heavy rains caused flooding that crippled infrastructure, closed roadways and led to the death of a woman at Grand Canyon National Park, officials said.
Rebecca Copeland, 29, of Ann Arbor, Michigan, was found in the Colorado River on Thursday after a flash flood struck during a rafting trip.
ARIZONA HIT HARD WITH FLASH FLOODING IN WILDFIRE BURN SCAR
The city of Flagstaff and Coconino County opened a joint emergency operations center and Gov. Doug Ducey issued an emergency declaration for the area Friday.
“Severe post-wildfire flooding is creating dangerous challenges for communities in northern Arizona,” he said. “The flooding is causing road closures, damaging property and putting Arizonans’ safety at risk.”
Monsoon season has also hit New Mexico. Highway 70 near the state’s White Sands Missile Range reopened after rains covered the area in four feet of mud for more than seven miles.
Paved roads were decimated as an inch and a half of rain fell in less than 15 minutes last Sunday.
One driver told the Las Cruces Sun News on Thursday that her car had suddenly been swept away in the mudslide.
In Colorado, The Aspen Times reported Friday that mudslides and flash flood warnings had also led to the continual closures of Glenwood Canyon’s Interstate 70 due to the burn scar of last year’s 32,631-acre Grizzly Creek Fire.
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Midwestern states have also been pounded by flash floods and thunderstorms over the last few days.
In eastern Wisconsin, floodwaters from heavy rain restricted travel, closed roads and filled basements with water.
Detroit was drenched Friday, with water flooding highways and suburbs just three weeks after a storm wrecked thousands of basements.
A state police officer used a boat to rescue a man stranded downtown on top of his submerged car.