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The remnants of Hurricane Norbert pushed into the desert Southwest and swamped Phoenix with record rainfall for a single day, turning freeways into small lakes and sending rescuers scrambling to get drivers out of inundated cars.

In Tucson, one woman died after her car was swept away by heavy floods and became trapped against a bridge.

A flash flood warning was issued for most of the Phoenix area and its outskirts through Monday morning because of heavy thunderstorms and showers associated with Norbert after it was downgraded to a tropical depression.

Flash flood watches covered most of the rest of Arizona.