Several dead after flooding in Arizona, including in historic mining town

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Several people died after heavy rains caused severe flooding in Globe, Ariz., a historic mining town where residents fled to rooftops for safety.

Floodwaters scattered about 1,000 propane tanks downtown and prompted massive search-and-rescue operations for potentially missing people.

Twenty tourists were evacuated from the Havasupai Indian Reservation.

GLOBE, Ariz. — Several people died after heavy rain caused flooding in Arizona, including three in a rural 19th century mining town where floodwaters forced people to seek safety on their rooftops and washed out a propane distributorship, scattering about 1,000 tanks downtown, authorities said Saturday.

About 2.5 inches of rain f