{"id":258597,"date":"2025-09-27T11:18:10","date_gmt":"2025-09-27T11:18:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/258597\/"},"modified":"2025-09-27T11:18:10","modified_gmt":"2025-09-27T11:18:10","slug":"back-to-back-rescues-as-floodwaters-swamp-scottsdale-streets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/258597\/","title":{"rendered":"Back-to-back rescues as floodwaters swamp Scottsdale streets"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"text | text-start article-text\"><b>SCOTTSDALE, AZ (AZFamily)<\/b> \u2014 It was a frightening situation for a man and a woman who separately got trapped by floodwaters Friday afternoon.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | text-start article-text\">The first rescue happened near Miller Road and Roosevelt Street,on where a man was trapped in a blue Toyota Prius in the flooded Indian Bend Wash, according to the Scottsdale Fire Department.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | text-start article-text\">Video captured by Arizona\u2019s Family showed a group of rescuers who helped pull the man out of the water around 4:20 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>Scottsdale firefighters but their lives on the line to save a driver who was stuck in a flooded area after monsoon storms on Friday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | text-start article-text\">The second rescue happened near a few miles up north near Hayden Road and McCormick Parkway. Arizona\u2019s Family crews arrived on scene to see a woman pulled out her trapped car by Scottsdale and Phoenix crews just before 6 p.m. <\/p>\n<p>Arizona&#8217;s Family News chopper was over the scene of Hayden Road and McCormick Parkway where a woman trapped on a flooded Scottsdale road.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | text-start article-text\">Thankfully, no one was hurt in either rescue. <\/p>\n<p class=\"text | text-start article-text\">It\u2019s been a particularly dangerous travel day for the Valley as the region experiences flash flooding and periods of extremely heavy rain. Heavy <a href=\"https:\/\/www.azfamily.com\/traffic\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.azfamily.com\/traffic\/\">traffic delays have been reported<\/a> Valley-wide.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | text-start article-text\">A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.azfamily.com\/weather\/alerts\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.azfamily.com\/weather\/alerts\/\">flood watch<\/a> is in effect for much of the Valley and portions of Pinal and Gila counties until 11 p.m. on Friday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | text-start article-text\">See a spelling or grammatical error in our story? <a href=\"https:\/\/www.azfamily.com\/page\/send-us-your-feedback\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Please click here to report it<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | text-start article-text\">Do you have a photo or video of a breaking news story? Send <a href=\"https:\/\/www.azfamily.com\/community\/user-content\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">it to us here<\/a> with a brief description.<\/p>\n<p class=\"copyright |\">Copyright 2025 KTVK\/KPHO. 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