Flood cleanup begins in Phoenix after heavy storms

Published August 20, 2014 10:52pm ET



PHOENIX (AP) — Residents began cleaning up Wednesday from devastating flooding that slammed Arizona a day earlier, trapping people in vehicles and homes and destroying up to $2 million worth of inventory at a cactus nursery north of Phoenix.

The National Weather Service said some areas received more rain Tuesday than they had all last summer, and many residents were faced with a long recovery.

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