Helicopter rescues four people stranded atop vehicle in raging Arizona creek as severe storms slam Southwest

THE TAKEAWAY

• Four radical were rescued from a conveyance swept distant by Arizona floodwaters.
• DPS Ranger chopper crews airlifted the stranded occupants to safety.
• Heavy thunderstorms caused Wet Beaver Creek to emergence astir 4 feet.

RIMROCK, AZ. – Four radical were rescued by chopper successful Rimrock, Arizona, aft repeated rounds of dense rainfall from terrible thunderstorms caused Wet Beaver Creek successful Yavapai County to emergence astir 4 feet Thursday.

Strong, fast-moving currents swept a achromatic SUV downstream, forcing 4 passengers onto its extortion earlier they were rescued by an Arizona Department of Public Safety Air Rescue Unit helicopter.

Four radical were stranded connected the vehicle’s extortion aft it was swept downstream by almighty floodwaters.

(Yavapai County Sheriff's Office)

Viral video captured the tense rescue arsenic raging floodwaters surged beneath portion a rescuer was lowered from a helicopter to retrieve 1 of the 4 stranded people.

The Yavapai County Sheriff’s Office said deputies responded astir 3:15 p.m. connected Oct. 22, to reports of radical stranded successful a rapidly rising riverbed adjacent East Dragonshead Road and Culpepper Ranch Road.

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Deputies arrived astatine the Wet Beaver Creek crossing and determined that highly beardown currents had carried the conveyance downstream.

The Arizona Department of Public Safety’s Air Rescue Unit was dispatched to Wet Beaver Creek connected Thursday aft a conveyance was swept downstream.

(Yavapai County Sheriff's Office / FOX Weather)

The National Weather Service said repeated dense rainfall from thunderstorms caused Wet Beaver Creek to emergence astir 4 feet, triggering life-threatening flash flooding successful Yavapai County, Arizona.

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After searching the hazardous, heavy flooded country connected foot, deputies located the conveyance astir 150 feet downstream with each 4 occupants stranded connected its roof.

The Yavapai County Sheriff’s Office said each 4 stranded radical were rescued by helicopter.

(Yavapai County Sheriff's Office)

Deputies obtained the vehicle’s nonstop GPS coordinates and relayed the determination to a DPS Ranger helicopter. 

Guided by the coordinates, the chopper unit conducted an aerial extraction and safely rescued each 4 people.