Photo gallery: Powerful storm floods Tucson's southside
Sept. 15, 2011: Multiple storms flood streets and buildings, force evacuation of homes and keep fire/rescue crews busy with water rescues.
South-side neighborhood cleans up
Margarita Vasquez, her husband and children hadn’t finished unpacking their moving boxes when the monsoon storm hit on Thursday. The next day, she was mopping up muddy water in one of the bedrooms of her new home in the 900 block of Medina Avenue on Tucson’s south side.
South-side neighborhood cleans up
Debris that washed up in flooding during Thursday’s monsoon storm clogs a wrought-iron fence in the 900 block of Medina Avenue.
Powerful storm floods southside
Jason Seeman, left, and Woodroe Paradee head back into the school after salvaging what remains of Seeman's text books from his flooded car in the parking lot of the Pima County Community College Aviation Technology Center, near Tucson International Airport
Powerful storm floods southside
Daniel Moe wades away from his car after rescuing a few items, including his radio controled car, when flood waters swamped the parking lot and some rooms in the Pima County Community College Aviation Technology.
Powerful storm floods southside
Carone Phothong pauses to get a some photos of the flooding before muscling his way out of the parking lot of Pima County Community College Aviation Technology Center.
Powerful storm floods southside
Jared Trevena makes his way to higher ground through the waist deep waters inundating the parking lot and parts of the Pima County Community College Aviation Technology Center near Tucson International Airport.
Powerful storm floods southside
A Tucson Airport police truck pushes a stranded motorist to higher ground out of the flooded intersection of Plummer and Medina. The flood occurred Sept. 15, 2011.
Powerful storm floods southside
A empty vehicle is seen in flooded water near South Contractors Way and East Irvington Road during a storm on September 15, 2011.
Powerful storm floods southside
A driver waves to go ahead from his flooded car as a passing van pulls up to push him out of the intersection of Alvernon and Drexel, Thurs. Sept. 15, 2011.
Poweful storm floods southside
The Palo Verde Bar and Grill has a sign that says 'When It Rains It Pours' during a storm on September 15, 2011.
Powerful storm floods southside
A motorcyclist speeds through the flooded intersection of Alvernon and Drexel on Thursday, Sept. 15, 2011.
Firefighters search for missing man
Tucson firefighters and firefighters from Northwest/Fire Rescue District stand El Camino del Cerro overlooking the Santa Cruz River watching the for a man washed downstream from Grant Road on Thursday.
Firefighters search for missing man
Tucson firefighters scan the Santa Cruz River as state Department of Public Safety helicopter hovers overhead after a man was washed downriver from the Grand Road bridge on Thursday.
Man washed away in Santa Cruz River
Tucson Fire Dept. Deputy Chief Joe Gulotta scans the area where a man was seen in the Santa Cruz River just north of Grant Road. The large search including a DPS helicopter never found the person as of 5:30pm.
Man washed away in Santa Cruz River
Tucson firefighters walk the bike trail along the Santa Cruz River area where a man was seen in the river just north of Grant and I-10 area.
Man washed away in Santa Cruz River
A mud filled Santa Cruz River flows north of Grant Road. A man was washed down the river after clinging to the Grant Road bridge.
Rescue from flooded home
Tucson firefigher Dave Champe, left, assists as paramedic Mike Scherling carries Catalina Figueroa from her flooded home near Valencia and I-19 on Thursday. The men are members of TFD's Station 22 Technical Rescue Team.
Powerful monsoon storm floods southside
Darwin Yazzie and Desmond Ramirez push Yazzi's car through the flooded street at Valencia Ave east of 12th Ave.
Monsoon storm floods southside
Steve Bringolf from Melbourne, Australia chooses to watch the flooding from the safety of his car at the intersection of 12th Ave & Valencia following a sudden storm on Thursday. "I'm not stepping out into sewage water," said Bringolf who was passing through on a whirlwind vacation of the Southwest. He added, "It's just like home, if it's not on fire, it's under water."
A storm concentrated mostly on the city's south side caused severe flooding near the airport and major traffic woes this afternoon.
A man was swept down the Santa Cruz River on Thursday afternoon during monsoon storms that brought record rain, flooded homes and businesses o…
In the aftermath of Thursday's storm, Wesley Watson stood on his muddy front porch squeezing water from pillows and comforters.