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Photos: Flooding in Nogales Arizona and Sonora
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Photos: Flooding in Nogales Arizona and Sonora

  • Arizona Daily Star
  • Aug 24, 2018
  • Aug 24, 2018 Updated Oct 31, 2018
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Thunderstorms dropped heavy rain in Nogales, Sonora, Nogales, Arizona and Santa Cruz County on Aug. 22, 2018, causing extensive flooding on the Mexican side of the border.

Flooding in Nogales

Flooding in Nogales

Mexican soldiers assist stranded motorists during flooding in Nogales, Sonora, on Aug. 22, 2018.

Courtesy Ruben Rivera Desmond

Flooding in Nogales

Flooding in Nogales

Flooding in Nogales, Sonora, on Aug. 22, 2018.

Courtesy Ruben Rivera Desmond

Flooding in Nogales

Flooding in Nogales

Mexican soldiers assist stranded motorists during flooding in Nogales, Sonora, on Aug. 22, 2018.

Courtesy Ruben Rivera Desmond

Watch: Extensive flooding in Nogales, Sonora

Nogales monsoon 2018

Nogales monsoon 2018

Workers with Ashton Contractors and Engineers try to clear debris from a drainage along southbound Interstate 19 near Canoa Road as heavy monsoon rains brought flooding to Santa Cruz county south of Tucson on Aug. 23, 2018, south of Tucson, Ariz.

Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Star

Nogales monsoon 2018

Nogales monsoon 2018

An SUV and its curious occupants navigate floodwaters at the intersection of Mariposa Road and Grand Avenue as heavy monsoon rains brought flooding to Santa Cruz county south of Tucson on Aug. 23, 2018, in Nogales, Ariz.

Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Star

Nogales monsoon 2018

Nogales monsoon 2018

A grader's rear tires sink into the mud as workers with Ashton Contractors and Engineers try to clear debris from a drainage along southbound Interstate 19 near Canoa Road as heavy monsoon rains brought flooding to Santa Cruz county south of Tucson on Aug. 23, 2018, south of Tucson, Ariz.

Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Star

Nogales monsoon 2018

Nogales monsoon 2018

A bicyclist atop a tandem bike would likely accept the help of a second rider as he pedals in the rain along Mariposa Road as monsoon rains brought flooding to Santa Cruz county south of Tucson on Aug. 23, 2018, in Nogales, Ariz.

Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Star

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