The Brief
- A 73-year-old New York man died after being swept away in a culvert outside a Hyatt Place hotel in Flagstaff during severe Sunday storms.
- Hotel staff rescued another man from the same drainage ditch hours earlier before floodwaters claimed the second victim.
- Flagstaff police believe a second unidentified person died in the flooding as crews handled six swift water rescues and over 1,000 calls.
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. – It was outside Flagstaff’s Hyatt Place hotel where Flagstaff police say a 73-year-old man from New York died after being swept up in a culvert near the parking lot Sunday.
Intense Flagstaff Flooding:
Earlier in the day, hotel staff saved another man who ended up on the other side of the drainage ditch.…