The Brief

GLOBE, Ariz. - Following the fatal and devastating floods, many Globe families are left with nothing but the clothes on their backs.

Local perspective:

"This was my walk-in closet—the bed was right here, and this was just blown out right here," said Seaneen Lira, a Globe resident of nearly 26 years.

Every home alongside her road has a story. Possessions gone.

It is a home whose family memories were literally embedded on the foundation.

A wall tracking the heights of the Lira kids throughout the years is one of the sole surviving pieces left.

"We have nothing left. It’s all gone," Lira said.

The backstory:

Lira, her husband and her 8-year-old granddaughter weren’t home on the night of Sept. 26 when the torrential floods ripped through their community.

When they came ho

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