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Town of Wenden Underwater
Surge of runoff floods streets, homes
Updated: Friday, 22 Jan 2010, 9:38 PM MST
Published : Friday, 22 Jan 2010, 7:40 AM MST
WENDEN, Ariz. - A 2-foot surge of runoff from a powerful winter storm early Friday morning flooded streets and an unknown number of homes in the western Arizona community of Wenden.
Lt. Glenn Gilbert of the La Paz County Sheriff's Office says no one was reported missing or injured.
An unknown number of people were evacuated from their homes.
The flooding receded late Thursday, but returned several hours later when a surge of runoff came through a nearby wash. The flooding hadn't slackened by 8 a.m. Friday.
Gilbert says a crew in a Marine Corps helicopter was flying over the area in case anyone had been swept away or stranded.
The community of 500 people about 100 miles west of Phoenix was hit by a more severe flood in 2000.
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