FLAGSTAFF, AZ (AZFamily) —Arizona is getting hit with another round of storms this week , and the monsoon moisture is very needed, especially up in the High Country.

In areas like Flagstaff that have been hit with wildfires, heavy rains can also lead to dangerous flooding . This year, Coconino County completed major prevention work to stop this.

Three years after the Pipeline Fire , the San Francisco Peaks still carry the burn scar. Rob Wilson and his wife lived through the fire in June, but just a month later, flooding came.

“The summer of 2022 was especially brutal ,” Wilson said. “Flooding did a lot more damage than the fires by themselves did, and it was kind of a double punch.”

Floodwaters sent debris into homes, shut down Highway 89 multiple times, and damaged structures

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