A truck creates a wake as its driver tries to make it through a severely flooded street in Phoenix on Monday, September 8. Arizona's governor declared a statewide emergency as <a href="index.php?page=&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.cnn.com%2F2014%2F09%2F08%2Fus%2Farizona-flooding%2Findex.html">record-setting rains flooded numerous Phoenix-area roadways and forced some schools to shut down.</a>
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A truck creates a wake as its driver tries to make it through a severely flooded street in Phoenix on Monday, September 8. Arizona's governor declared a statewide emergency as record-setting rains flooded numerous Phoenix-area roadways and forced some schools to shut down.
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A student tries to walk along a flooded sidewalk so he can be picked up by his parents September 8 in Phoenix.
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A student tries to walk along a flooded sidewalk so he can be picked up by his parents September 8 in Phoenix.
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A driver tries to navigate a severely flooded street in Phoenix on September 8.
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A driver tries to navigate a severely flooded street in Phoenix on September 8.
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Floodwaters wash away a Phoenix sidewalk on September 8.
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Floodwaters wash away a Phoenix sidewalk on September 8.
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People attempt to drive their vehicles through severely flooded streets in Phoenix on September 8.
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People attempt to drive their vehicles through severely flooded streets in Phoenix on September 8.
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