The Southwest's dangerous flooding inundated the Old West town of Duncan on Monday, prompting 'mass evacuation' and a local state of emergency.
The Southwest's dangerous flooding Monday overwhelmed the Old West town of Duncan, Arizona, prompting"mass evacuation" and a local state of emergency.
In an afternoon update, the town said new concerns about the integrity of a century-old river levee that had been breached earlier Monday means evacuees should continue to stay away., which runs through town on its journey from Gila National Forest in New Mexico to the Colorado River in Yuma, crested after 7 a.m. at 2.5 feet above what's considered its flood state, federal forecasters said.
The railroad town, officially placed on the U.S. Postal Service map in 1883, when it was called Purdy, is 5 miles from New Mexico and inseparable from the river.Rob Howlett, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service's Tucson office, said the Duncan area hasn't seen flooding like this for more than 15 years.
A warning from the National Weather Service said moderate flooding was likely for the Gila through Duncan overnight.
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