A powerful line of severe storms pounded the Phoenix, AZ Metro area this afternoon with damaging high winds, heavy rains and flash flooding.
Footage shot on the west side of Phoenix, AZ.
Clip 1 Transformers or power lines exploding at 35th and McDowell in Phoenix while looking to the west.
Clip 2 Slow motion and cropped HD footage of the transformer and power lines exploding as debris hits them.
Clip 3 Vivid Cloud to ground lightning at I-10 and Jackrabbit Trail looking west over the city of Buckeye.
Clip 4-6 Dramatic storm clouds west of Phoenix as the severe storms moved into the area.
Clip 7 Pulled over on I-10 due to heavy rain and high water on the interstate.
Clip 8 Wall cloud moving into the Phoenix, AZ area.
Clip 9 High winds blasting the area at I-10 and 35th Avenue.
Clip 10 Traffic on I-10 in the middle of the storm.
Clip 11-12 High winds blasting the area and slamming the trees.
Clip 13 POV shot of driving in the heavy rain on I-10
Clip 14 POV shot of driving in the heavy rain on I-10
Clip 15 POV shot of driving in the heavy rain and flooded roadway on I-10
Clip 16 POV shot of people driving through flooded out roads.
Clip 17 – 18 Heavy rain falls on Interstate 10. Biker waits out the rain under an overpass.
Clip 19 – 22 Traffic driving through the flooded streets of Phoenix, AZ.
Clip 23 The rain and flooding was so heavy, it blew this man hole cover off the roadway.
Clip 24 – 27 Power is out to the stop lights and traffic is not sure what to do.
Clip 28 – 29 Debris on the roadway.
Clip 30 – 36 Trees down and storm damage
Clip 37 Wide shot of the storm over one of the mountains around Phoenix.
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Footage form inside Phoenix, AZ Sky Harbor Airport beyond the security check point while waiting to fly back after chasing the remnants of Hurricane Odile in southeastern Arizona on Wednesday.
One of the busiest airports in the country was locked down Thursday afternoon due to a Tempe, AZ shooting prompted a pursuit that led to the airport.
Passengers that who just arrived to the Sky Harbor were not allowed to leave the gate area and security was not telling anyone what was happening. Several thousand people also were bumped from their connecting flights as dozens of flights were canceled after the several hour delay.
Clip 1 Pan shot of the exit area inside Terminal 4 shut down and nobody was allowed to leave. Great Audio of what was being told to everyone over the loud speakers.
Clip 2 Security check point locked down and nobody coming into the terminal
Clip 3 Low shot of one of the check points locked down.
Clip 4 Passengers trying to leave the airport stuck at the security check point as everyone was detained. Great Audio of what was being told to everyone.
Clip 5 Locked down security check point that would not let anyone into the terminal.
Clip 6 Interview with one of the ground crew workers telling me what was happening.
Clip 7 B-Roll of people just sitting around in the terminal waiting to find out when they can leave.
Clip 8 Pan shot right of the security check point and people waiting to leave the terminal
Clip 9 B-roll of people inside the airport that were force to stay there while waiting to leave the terminal
Clip 10 Airport workers were even forced to stay in place while waiting for the lock down to end.
Clip 11 Large group of people sitting around the airport terminal
Clip 12 B-Roll of the empty airport gates as all incoming flights were diverted.
Clip 13 Airport security check point locked down as workers stand around.
Clip 14 Passengers and flight crews standing around waiting to leave the terminal.
Clip 15 More passengers waiting to leave the terminal.
Clip 16 After several hours of waiting, passengers and staff were finally able to leave the airport terminal.
Clip 17 – 19 Footage of the Departures where several of them were now “Cancelled”.
Clip 20 B-roll of an Airplane finally being able to land after the lock down ended.
New extreme footage from the evacuation area in Mesa, AZ where over 100 homes were impacted by flooding after the rain stopped.
After the record breaking rain moved out of the Phoenix, AZ area, the flooding just begun to get worse for the City of Mesa, AZ which is located just east Phoenix, AZ.
The water in the Emerald Park neighborhood of Mesa, AZ kept rising until a evacuation for hundreds of homes that were now being impacted with the rising water from the run off.
Footage show dramatic scenes from inside the neighborhood while walking around in several feet of water.
Clip 1 Emerald Park sign with the submerged basketball courts in the back ground.
Clip 2 Mesa Police driving through the deep flood waters
Clip 3 Mutual Aide from the Gilbert Fire Department with a tight shot of the Gilbert GFD logo on the side of one of their trucks.
Clip 4 A woman walking through the flood waters towards the camera.
Clip 5 Kids playing on rafts in the flooded streets.
Clip 6 House with flood waters surrounding it.
Clip 7 House with flood waters surrounding it.
Clip 8 Woman walking in front of a house that is surrounded by flood waters.
Clip 9 Another house surrounded by flood waters.
Clip 10 Fire line tape with a woman standing behind it looking at the flooding to her neighborhood.
Clip 11 Pan right shot of the Mesa, AZ Public Information Officer SUV driving through the flood waters as the camera pans to where the water is rushing down the street.
Clip 12 Mesa, AZ fire truck and crew watching over the scene.
Clip 13 Major flooding with cars and a rental truck in the deep water.
Clip 14 Man pulls a boat behind him in the flood waters
Clip 15 Speed bump under the water makes for a area of rapids in the flooded out road.
Clip 16 Group of people evacuating their homes and carrying bags and suitcases.
Clip 17 – 18 Pickup truck carrying a bunch of people who are trying to go and get sandbags for their homes.
Clip 19 People walking by the Gilbert, AZ Fire Truck parked in the flooding.
Clip 20 A couple walking in the flooded road.
Clip 21 A group of kids standing in the flooded waters.
Clip 22 Three kids walking in the flooded waters.
Clip 23 Father and daughter in the flooded street.
Clip 24 Man walking his dog in the flood waters.
Clip 25 A woman sitting on a rock and watching the rising water.
Clip 26 A large group of people walking down the flooded our street.
Clip 27 People walking along the flooded out street and homes.
Clip 28 People walking along the flooded out street and homes.
Clip 29 Silver pickup truck driving in the flooded out road.
Clip 30 White pickup truck driving in the flooding.
Clip 31 Ambulance crews waiting outside of the flooded out area on standby.
Clip 32 City of Mesa Fire Command Truck.