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A peach-faced lovebird rides out a monsoon windstorm in a mesquite tree in Phoenix on July 14, 2017. Rob Schumacher/azcentral.com
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Images from the storm on July 14, 2017.
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An approaching monsoon storm near Surprise and Waddell kicks up a lot of dust on July 14, 2017. April Morganroth/azcentral.com
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Azcentral.com photographer Rob Schumacher shot this beautiful time-lapse video of monsoon storm thunderhead building over Carefree.
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Azcentral.com photographer David Kadlubowski shot this beautiful time-lapse video of a monsoon storm in Phoenix.
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A tree that fell over during a storm on July 10, 2017, is disposed of in Gold Canyon. Loren Townsley/azcentral.com
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A dust storm moves across the East Valley during a monsoon storm July 10, 2017.
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A microburst drops some rain near Waddell on July 10, 2017.
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Meteorologists’ video of storm clouds as they form and evaporate and reform and evaporate over Mount Lemmon on Aug. 17, 2006. Video shot by Joseph Zehnder; Weldon B. Johnson/azcentral.com
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Newspaper stands are knocked over as a thunderstorm makes it’s way through Phoenix.
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Wind and rain start to pick up in Northwest Valley.
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Riding out a monsoon windstorm in Phoenix
Images from Friday’s Phoenix-area storm
Monsoon storm approaches in far West Valley
Time-lapse of monsoon storm thunderhead building over Carefree
Time-lapse view of monsoon storm from Broadway curve in Phoenix
Storm downs tree in Gold Canyon
Watch a dust storm move across the East Valley
Monsoon rains hit far West Valley
Clouds form over Mount Lemmon
Downtown Phoenix, July 15, 2017
Surprise/Waddell monsoon storm
Severe flooding was reported in Mayer and Spring Valley late Wednesday, and low-lying areas were under evacuation orders for several hours of the evening.
The Yavapai County Sheriff’s Office evacuation orders were lifted as of 8:45 p.m. Wednesday, officials said. But damage remained.
Officials said power might still be out in some of the affected areas.
Mayer resident Karen Blackburn said it’s a “nightmare” in the town.
She recalled hearing the “indescribable sound” of water rushing down Big Bug Creek near her home.
Blackburn said the flood was powerful enough to move her shed, knock down her fence and open a gate that had been padlocked shut.
“It was like a war zone again ever since the (Goodwin) fire,” Blackburn said.
That fire started in late June and burned almost 30,000 acres before it was contained earlier this month. It forced thousands of residents and campers to evacuate Mayer and surrounding areas. After the fire was under control, officials warned of the post-fire impact of flooding, anticipating mud, ash and debris flowing down the creek.
“I don’t know what we’re going to do with all this stuff on our patio,” Blackburn said. “It’s just mud and soot. It’s like quicksand, you walk and you get stuck in it.”
Her biggest concern, though, was her animals.
Blackburn said her goal on Wednesday evening was to navigate through her soot-covered yard to lay fresh bedding in an outside pen that houses her duck and goose so they have a dry shelter.
She also hopes to find her three cats, which she said she hadn’t been able to locate since the flood hit.
The Chimney Ranch Trailer Park and Stagecoach Mobile Village off Highway 69 were evacuated Wednesday afternoon.
Water was running down the Agua Fria River toward Black Canyon, the Sheriff’s Office said while it was urging people to seek higher ground.
Mayer High School had been set up as a shelter.
As of 10 p.m., 17 people have registered at the shelter, according to the Red Cross.
Main Street to Stage Coach Road was blocked because of water over the bridge, and at one point all low water crossings were blocked, according to the Sheriff’s Office.
A flash-flood warning was in effect for Mayer through 9:30 p.m. Wednesday.
Blackburn said she doesn’t think she’ll really feel the effects of the storm until Thursday, saying that she didn’t process being evacuated from her home in the Goodwin Fire until the day after.
She said she believes the flood is “God trying to get people’s attention” and that she’s trying not to dwell on the negative effects.
“It’s not for me to question why he did this. It’s just for me to get through it and tomorrow, in the light of day, then I can see what all the major destruction is,” she said.
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