Tree blown over by winds in Fountain Hills SundayFOUNTAIN HILLS, AZ (CBS5) -
The monsoon is here as the weather caused damage and traffic delays due to flooding all over the Valley.
Washes in Queen Creek were raging Sunday while deputies tried to manage all the road closures.
Part of Hunt Highway was shut down between Gary and Ellsworth roads as the water washed out debris from an abandoned storehouse.
Crews cleaned up layers of mud off of Elliot near Ellsworth Sunday night. That road opened up just before 10 p.m.
Even the little kids had it all figured out in Fountain Hills, as one 4-year-old told us, "They are cutting the tree so cars can move."
Near Calaveras and Yerba Buena roads, crews worked to clean up a tree that just barely missed hitting cars or houses.
"All of a sudden we looked out the front and the tree just went crashing," said Katherine Gratz.
"It is kind of sad. It's probably been here 70 years, the neighbors say," said another neighbor, Hayden Bronte.
We're told four other households had to evacuate just around the corner from where the tree fell after the winds toppled some power poles.
"It was as if the storm moved over the top of like this street and sat and it was like almost tornado force winds. It was insane," said Ruth Woody, who evacuated her home Sunday afternoon.
Another pine tree in the same area completely uprooted. Two palm trees were holding up the top of the pine while its roots stood more than five feet out of the ground.
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