Phoenix rainfall records are washed away as the desert city experiences its wettest day ever with three inches falling before 7a.m. Phoenix is facing historic rainfalls One woman was killed when her car was swept away by floodwaters Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer declares a statewide emergency The National Weather Service says rains in the Phoenix area set a record\r
PHOENIX (AP) -- Joseph Friend was driving his blue Chevrolet S-10 pickup onto Interstate 10 early Monday when a huge wave of flood water kicked up by a big rig truck pushed his truck off the highway.\r
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The 47-year-old Phoenix man was among more than two dozen motorists whose vehicles were swamped and left submerged in up to 4 feet of water following record-breaking rainfall that hit Phoenix on Monday.\r
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They were the lucky ones: At least two people died when floodwaters swept away their vehicles in southern Arizona.\r
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A woman died after her car was swept away and became trapped against a bridge in Tucson, and a 76-year-old woman drowned when her husband tried to drive across a flooded wash in Pinal County south of Phoenix.\r
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The rain was caused by the remnants of Hurricane Norbert pushing into the desert Southwest. Phoenix recorded record rainfall for a single day, turning freeways into small lakes and sending rescuers scrambling to get drivers out of inundated cars.\r
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