Flash flooding sweeps Arizona

Drone image shows firefighters safely rescue a man and his two daughters from the roof of their vehicle after it was swept away in fast-moving water just north of Tucson, Arizona. (Credits: AP)

A crew using hand tools and a bobcat work to clear streets after flash flooding in Flagstaff, Arizona. The threat of flash flooding will remain through next week though the coverage will be more scattered than widespread. (Credits: AP)

A bobcat moves a wet slurry of ash, mud and forest debris into a pile to be removed after the muck was left behind from flooding caused by monsoon rain in Flagstaff, Arizona. (Credits: AP)

Shawn Newell digs out piles of muck from her driveway and front garden left behind by extensive flooding in Flagstaff, Arizona. (Credits: AP)

A resident uses a snow shovel to throw water over a berm of sandbags while trying to keep floodwater out of their home in Flagstaff, Arizona. (Credits: AP)

Resident shovels back floodwater as monsoon rains fell on the Museum Fire burn area causing flooding from the Paradise Wash in east Flagstaff, Arizona. (Credits: AP)

Anissa Doten uses a five-gallon bucket to bail water out of her front yard at the corner as the second day of flooding from monsoon rain falling on the Museum Fire burn area impacts neighbourhoods in Flagstaff, Arizona. (Credits: AP)

The river that's normally a greenish colour turned a muddy brown from flash floods that have inundated Arizona. (Credits: AP)