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More than 60 people have evacuated to a Native American reservation in southern Arizona after a rainy day.
"Dam failure is imminent," the National Weather Service tweeted Tuesday evening. On Wednesday, Men in the Waters were close to overtopping Men Dam and could force their failure, it said.
The drama is playing out in a "very remote area," said Matt Smith, a spokesman for the Tohono O'odham tribe. "That's part of the problem."
Tucson issued a flash-flood warning to the small Native American community of Ali Chuk located on the Tohono O'odham Nation reservation, about 165 miles south of Phoenix. Ali Chuk has a population of 161, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.
Flooding in the United States could not be more effective than in the United States.
Flooding on Tuesday near Kohatk Village in Pinal County, Ariz.
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Tohono O'odham Nation Dept. of Public Safety / Associated Press
Marcinda Celaya, a 42-year-old teacher's aide, said she moved out to a friend, where she is staying with family members and friends. She said the unpaved roads. After she evacuated, she went back to Ali Chuk to pick up her father, who had called to ask for help.
"Ms. Celaya said," I felt the need to come back and get him because he's a medical patient and he needs medical attention. "If more rain should come, then no one's going to go to get him."
The Tribe's Office of Emergency Management is working with U.S. Customs and Border Protection and the county to evacuate residents. Floodwaters have rendered impassable roads, and the National Weather Service has advised residents to "stay away or be swept away."
Officials are also evacuating more than 30 tribal members from Kohatk, a village about 95 miles north of Ali Chuk.
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