Overview
- First responders were called Sunday evening after a man reportedly fell into fast-moving water near Malpais Lane and Clay Avenue and an overnight search recovered 73-year-old Williams Singavarapu the next morning.
- A second man was found unresponsive in a stormwater drainage area at North Highway 89 and Lynch Avenue and investigators are treating his death as weather-related pending the medical examiner’s report.
- Residents and property managers reported widespread basement flooding and thousands of dollars in expected cleanup at apartment complexes and other buildings near Northern Arizona University.
- Coconino Emergency Management warned that moving water lifted heavy manhole covers and created conditions that can move people, which officials say explains the need for road closures and barricades.
- City crews and emergency teams are carrying out cleanup, assessing infrastructure damage and working to identify the second victim while urging the public to stay away from closed roads and flooded areas.