Rain eases as Nora drenches Yuma and region
Hurri cane Nora crossed southwest Arizona causing street floods and sandbag lines, but rainfall and winds were lower than feared. In Yuma, 2.3 inches fell by afternoon with 54 mph gusts. 10,000 customers lost power as 25 roads flooded. Evacuations reached Somerton and 300,000 sandbags were handed out. Tohono O’odham Nation evacuated 300 residents. Anxieties about crops climbed with possible lettuce and vegetable price rises.
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