Water rushed through culverts and down concrete-lined channels along Brandis Way as Coconino County Flood District Administrator Lucinda Andreani looked on Sunday afternoon. She was among several who was surveying the performance of new flood mitigation infrastructure within the Wupatki Trails and Brandis Way watersheds after both areas were hit by 100-year rainfall events. In Wupatki Trails, the Daultons' home sits closest to the forest and was nearly flooded several times last year, and their property was routinely buried by the debris that floods brought. That includes the completion of an important storm drain within Wupatki Trails on Tuesday of last week. It is the only area that saw flood waters Sunday where the county has yet to conduct mitigation work.

Source: Daily Sun August 01, 2023 13:20 UTC