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Cochise County sheriff warns of flood risk, road hazards after recent storms and crashes
Summary
Sheriff Mark Daniels told KWCD listeners the ground is saturated and forecast heavy rain could create dangerous roads; he cited recent incidents including a school-bus sinkhole, a five-car pileup linked to impairment and a gasoline tanker rollover near Benson.
Sheriff Mark Daniels warned Friday that heavy rain forecasts and saturated ground are creating dangerous driving conditions across Cochise County and urged residents not to drive through flooded roads.
“Turn around, don’t drown,” Daniels said, repeating the county’s public-safety message and adding that saturated soils and additional rain forecasts increase the risk of road failures and washouts.
The warning followed several recent incidents Daniels described on the KWCD program. He said a full-size…
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