Missing person found dead in Arizona river amid rising water levels due to flooding

TUCSON, Arizona — A idiosyncratic who went missing aft being swept distant successful a rising stream was recovered dormant successful Arizona implicit the weekend.

The Pima County Sheriff's Department said their hunt and rescue squad responded to the Santa Cruz River adjacent the I-10 and I-19 interchange astir 1 p.m. Friday.

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PAGE, ARIZONA - AUGUST 22: Dark skies prevail arsenic monsoon storms proceed implicit Glen Canyon National Recreation Area connected August 22, 2024 adjacent Page, Arizona.  

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Deputies said they received reports of a antheral being swept down the Julian Wash. Search crews spent respective hours canvassing respective areas on the Julian Wash and Santa Cruz River, but were unsuccessful.

The hunt was aboriginal suspended aft not being capable to find the man. The Tucson Fire Department and constabulary section helped with the search, and the Arizona Department of Public Safety helped hunt by air.

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Authorities said a abstracted hunt began aboriginal successful the evening aft the man's household reported him missing.

Aerial presumption of downtown Tucson Arizona skyline with precocious emergence buildings

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His household told officials that the antheral had been successful the lavation earlier successful the time and were acrophobic for his safety.

Storm enactment aboriginal successful the time caused h2o levels successful the Julian Wash to rise, according to the sheriff's department.

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The man's household told deputies that helium had developmental disabilities and debased cognitive ability.

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Search efforts resumed connected Saturday, and crews were yet capable to retrieve the assemblage of 29-year-old Ernesto Ojeda.

The calamity happens arsenic the Southwest's monsoon play kicks off.

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A monsoon is simply a seasonal reversal of prevailing winds driven by the somesthesia opposition betwixt onshore and ocean, pumping immense amounts of moisture into a region.

The Pima County Office of the Medical Examiner volition find the origin and mode of death. No further accusation was instantly available.