PHOENIX (AP) - Stormy weather is wreaking havoc in metro Phoenix, flooding roads and leaving residents awaiting rescue.
As much as 5 inches (12.7 centimeters) of rain deluged suburbs east of Phoenix Monday including Apache Junction, Tempe, Gilbert and Mesa.
The National Weather Service issued flash flood warnings for those areas through this morning.
TV station footage showed pieces of a roof dangling from a gas station one mile west of Apache Junction with the ground covered in muddy water.
The Superstition Fire Medical District reported on its Twitter account that crews tended to five water rescue calls Monday, including a mother and her child stuck in a flooded wash in Apache Junction.
The storms are from the remnants of Hurricane Lorena, which was downgraded to a tropical storm over the weekend.
