Watch now: 2020 flash flood carries Bighorn runoff in Ca帽ada del Oro Wash
Wildfires such as the Bighorn Fire north of Tucson leave the ground charred and unable to absorb water, which can increase flood risks. 鈥淓ven a light rain can produce devastating flash floods and mudflows, often with little warning,鈥 Pima County officials warned. In this July 2020 video, a debris flow oozes down the Ca帽ada del Oro Wash.
Related
Trend of higher fatalities on roads not seen in Pima County or on state highways this year.
As featured on
An excavator removes vegetation from the Ca帽ada del Oro Wash in Oro Valley. The town is work…
Cities that maintain their own election dates despite lower turnout are violating state law, Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich concludes. And now his office plans to sue Tucson at the state Supreme Court to force it to repeal its odd-year election ordinance.
About 100 lowland leopard frogs were captured and removed during separate salvage operations in the Catalina Mountains over the past two weeks.
