Monsoon rains cause massive train derailment at I-10 in Marana

[Kali]

https://tucson.com/news/local/monsoon-rains-cause-massive-train-derailment-at-i--in/article_d996fbde-8491-11e8-af51-6b2a1096265c.html

Fire crews are investigating a massive Union Pacific train derailment believed to be caused by heavy rains east of Interstate 10 Tuesday afternoon.

At least 20 railcars were involved, said Brian Keeley, a Northwest Fire District spokesman. He said there were no immediate reports of hazardous materials on the train.

According to Marana Police, the frontage road near Twin Peaks Road is closed due to the train and flooding in the area.

The Northwest Fire District said the derailment was caused by the rain. Keeley added there was running water across the tracks as personnel arrived on scene.

not much more info at link, but several more photos

[Ptah]

1. wow!

Kitt Peak:

[Kali]

3. spectacular

how much did they get out there?

[sweetloukillbot]

6. Last night was pretty spectacular downtown...

Until I had to drive from Indian School to Glendale and it took an hour because of all the power outages and flooding...
And came home to 8 hours of no power...

[MyOwnPeace]

2. WOW!

Good thing there's no "global warming" that might have caused these extreme weather conditions.

[Kali]

4. well, big dumps of rain aren't unusual for monsoon season around here

in fact the change seems to be LESS storms/rain

[likesmountains 52]

5. Living in SW Colorado, I also wonder what happens if we lose monsoon season...

[Nitram]

7. I'm sorry too ask what is probably an irrelevant question, but isn't the term "monsoon"

confined to seasonal rains in Asia?

[Kali]

8. technically it means a seasonal change in wind direction, but yeah

used to be "summer rains" but they have been calling it monsoons for at least a decade or more

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monsoon

[Nitram]

9. According to your Wikipedia article, technically "Monsoons are large-scale sea breezes

which occur when the temperature on land is significantly warmer or cooler than the temperature of the ocean." I wasn't aware that Arizona had a coastline. The article also states, "it is debatable whether the North and South American weather patterns with incomplete wind reversal should be counted as true monsoons."

[Kali]

10. yeah, like I said - I grew up calling it summer rains. LOL

the weather folks and NOAA have been calling it monsoon for at least a decade, maybe more. I resisted for a while but it is in the language around here now.

Grampa always blamed the surveyors for AZ not having some coast.