Two people are dead, and at least one is missing as emergency crews look through the damage left behind by devastating flooding this week in Globe. Officials initially said three people were dead, but information was updated on Sunday morning, with Globe Mayor Al Gameros confirming to Arizonaโs Family that two people have been found dead, and at least one other person is still missing. More rain was likely to be in the area on Sunday. Mayor Gameros said the main priorities on Sunday would be searching through the vehicles that are in the flooded wash and stabilizing the downtown area.
โThis morning, we brought in an incident command team, type 3 team from the state, and they bring in so many resources,โ the mayor said. โThey bring in over 150 team members โฆ We also have helicopters on standby.” The mayor encouraged community members who cannot reach family members to contact authorities.
โYou need to call the sheriffโs department, put their name on a list so we can follow up with any type of identification that we can find,โ Mayor Gameros said. โYou know, the vehicles in the wash weโre actually depending on the license plates and stuff like that. Thereโs a lot of vehicles in the wash, and some are mangled up between the bridges, the trees and stuff, so all those have to be looked at.โ
