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Photos of Southern Arizona's devastating floods of 1983
- Rick Wiley / Arizona Daily Star
Rick Wiley
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The October 1983 flood was the largest flood of record in the Tucson area.
Between 6 ½ to 7 ½ inches of rain fell across the Tucson area in five days, according to Pima County.
The devastation stretched to Clifton/Morenci, Willcox, Safford and Nogales. More than a dozen people died.
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