Flash flood warnings prompt evacuations for some Globe and Miami communities

GLOBE, AZ (AZFamily) — Some Gila County residents are being advised to evacuate due to severe weather and flash flooding in the area.

The Gila County Division of Emergency Management said the following areas are now on “GO” status:

• Little Acres Mobile Home Park
• Miami Gardens

“In the event of a National Weather Service flash flood warning, we strongly reccomend that residents of Miami Gardens and Little Acres Mobile Home Park evacuate the area immeditaley to seek higher ground until the weather subsides,” the county said in a social media post Sunday night.

The following areas are on “SET” status:

• Little Acres
• Residences along Russell Road (Near Russell Gulch)
• Wheatfields

There is a flash flood warning in effect until midnight.

Communities in Globe and Miami are still trying to recover from deadly flooding a few weeks ago when they were hit with fresh flood damage after more storms Sunday.

The latest downpour caused water to overflow bridges and created additional structural concerns in Globe, where some buildings remain off-limits due to instability from previous water damage.

Globe Mayor Al Gameros saw the flooding firsthand. “We stood there while it was coming over, and we kept backing up as it was coming to us,” he said. “We had a business down there that didn’t do a lot of sandbagging, and the water was up to about calf level.”

Despite the new flooding, preparedness measures helped minimize damage in many areas. Gameros said that many businesses took proactive steps this time around.

“A lot of the businesses down here went ahead and sand bagged a lot of their areas and there’s no damage, no mud in these buildings that we can see at this point so that really helped a lot,” he said.

In nearby Miami, residents also dealt with overflowing washes. Miami resident Jared Brown said the flooding “could have been a lot more damage but everybody prepared with sand bags but there is still a lot of mopping and cleaning up.”

Officials said engineers will return to assess structural damage before allowing access to restricted zones in Globe. The communities said that while Sunday’s storm could have been worse, there is still a lot of recovery work ahead.

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