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Ron Medvescek, Arizona Daily Star/AP
Water washes over a car after the driver was rescued by members of Northwest Fire District north of Tucson on Monday. The Phoenix and Tucson metro areas were hit by heavy rains, causing flooding and damage. More than 3 inches of rain closed parts of several Phoenix freeways. In Tucson, the National Weather Service recorded nearly 2 inches of rain.

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The remnants of Hurricane Norbert pushed into the desert Southwest and swamped Phoenix with record rainfall for a single day, turning freeways into small lakes and sending rescuers scrambling to get drivers out of inundated cars.

September 9, 2014