The flooding north of Phoenix this week was significant, but relatively minor compared to flooding in October 1983 across Arizona. Rivers swelled from Phoenix to Tucson. Flooding also occurred in Nogales and in the Clifton-Morenci area. As many as 13 deaths were attributed to the flooding. See photos at tucson.com/retrotucson
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Throwback Thursday: Arizona flooding in 1983 (copy)
Nogales, Ariz,. police officers rescue Oscar Mankel. 32, with a garden hose from swirling waters of the flooded Santa Cruz River on Oct. 2, 1983, after Mankel fell in. A total of 13 lives were lost in flooding that ravaged much of southern Arizona. October 2, 1983.
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