Seven people were injured by one of four tornadoes sighted in northern Arizona Wednesday morning (10/06), authorities said.
At least four confirmed tornadoes hit the Bellemont area, the National Weather Service told the Arizona Daily Sun in Flagstaff. The twisters overturned 28 train cars, along with campers and semis, and damaged at least 15 homes, the Sun reported.
Bellemont homes were visibly missing roof tiles, and there were several reports of a boat that had gone through a roof.
Some residents were evacuated, and emergency workers were setting up a shelter at Flagstaff Middle School.
Meanwhile, metropolitan Phoenix began cleaning up Wednesday after storms flooded roads and knocked down trees and power lines, local officials said.
Interstate highways flooded, forcing authorities to restrict traffic while the storms blew through.
Lightning froze operations at Sky Harbor International Airport where an estimated 15 flights had to be diverted to other cities.
Arizona Public Service said 200,000 customers lost power at the height of the storms.
A chilly storm system hanging over the Southwest was expected to produce a second day of thunderstorms from central Arizona to central Utah, Accuweather.com reported.
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