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© The Associated Press In this Tuesday, Oct. 2, 2018 photo provided by the Tohono O'odham Nation Dept. of Public Safety, is flooding near the Kohatk Village in Pinal County, Ariz. Menagers Dam that had been at risk of breaking and flooding the small village held steady Wednesday, Oct. 3, as the lake behind it receded after being swollen with runoff from the remnants of Tropical Storm Rosa. (Tohono O'odham Nation Dept. of Public Safety via AP)
PHOENIX — The Latest on wet weather and flooding in the Southwest (all times local):
Troopers say one vehicle may have run into the sink hole.
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7:05 a.m.
A flash flood warning remains in effect for a small Native American community in a remote area of the southern Arizona desert where authorities say an earthen dam still has the potential to fail because the lake behind the dam is still swollen by recent storm runoff.
The National Weather Service on Thursday extended the warning for Ali Chuk on the Tohono O'odham (TOH'-oh-no OH'-tum) Indian Nation's reservation near the U.S.-Mexico border.
The weather service said the dam had "some erosional damage" when it was overtopped by water at some point during or after Tuesday's rainfall from the remnants of Tropical Storm Rosa and that concerns remained about its structural integrity.
Tribal officials said late Wednesday that water levels behind the dam were receding but that its integrity remained "a major concern" and that the tribe is working to assemble an engineering team to inspect the dam.
Most of Ali Chuk's residents have been evacuated or left on their own but tribal officials said Wednesday that a few refused to leave.
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National Weather Service meteorologists say a record 2.35 inches (5.97 centimeters) of rain fell at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport as of Tuesday night.
That made it the rainiest October day since records have been kept, topping the 2.32 inches (5.89 centimeters) recorded on Oct. 14, 1988.
Meanwhile, a 22-foot-high (6.7-meter-high) earthen dam in southern Arizona that had been at risk of breaking and flooding a small village held steady Wednesday. The lake behind the dam receded after being swollen with runoff from the remnants of Tropical Storm Rosa.
PHOENIX — The Latest on wet weather and flooding in the Southwest (all times local):
Troopers say one vehicle may have run into the sink hole.
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7:05 a.m.
A flash flood warning remains in effect for a small Native American community in a remote area of the southern Arizona desert where authorities say an earthen dam still has the potential to fail because the lake behind the dam is still swollen by recent storm runoff.
The National Weather Service on Thursday extended the warning for Ali Chuk on the Tohono O'odham (TOH'-oh-no OH'-tum) Indian Nation's reservation near the U.S.-Mexico border.
The weather service said the dam had "some erosional damage" when it was overtopped by water at some point during or after Tuesday's rainfall from the remnants of Tropical Storm Rosa and that concerns remained about its structural integrity.
Tribal officials said late Wednesday that water levels behind the dam were receding but that its integrity remained "a major concern" and that the tribe is working to assemble an engineering team to inspect the dam.
Most of Ali Chuk's residents have been evacuated or left on their own but tribal officials said Wednesday that a few refused to leave.
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National Weather Service meteorologists say a record 2.35 inches (5.97 centimeters) of rain fell at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport as of Tuesday night.
That made it the rainiest October day since records have been kept, topping the 2.32 inches (5.89 centimeters) recorded on Oct. 14, 1988.
Meanwhile, a 22-foot-high (6.7-meter-high) earthen dam in southern Arizona that had been at risk of breaking and flooding a small village held steady Wednesday. The lake behind the dam receded after being swollen with runoff from the remnants of Tropical Storm Rosa.
