The Nogales Highway Bridge over the Santa Cruz River was washed away by the flooding, and saturated the soils for a later storm that caused flooding that caused $10 million (1972 USD) in property damage and eight deaths.
The Nogales Highway Bridge over the Santa Cruz River was washed away by the flooding. The Nogales Highway Bridge over the Santa Cruz River saturated the soils for a later storm. This later storm caused flooding. This flooding caused $10 million (1972 USD) in property damage. This flooding caused $10 million (1972 USD) in eight deaths.