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reporter: the water roaring. rescuers soon on scene saving four others. that 6-foot high wall of water swept away just about everything in its path carrying trees, mud and a lot of rocks. and it was moving fast, more than 30 miles per hour. all of it caused by just an inch and a half of rain. that mixture of ash and logs left behind by the highline fire, burning more than 7,000 acres in june. and kenneth moton joins us from arizona tonight. kenneth, the difficult thing here was that there was a warning, but no way for them to hear it? reporter: that s right, david. the national weather service issued a flood warning about an hour and a half before the flood hit, but there s no cell phone service in that area, so a radio like this one, or alerts on their phones, the family didn t know the wall of water was coming. david? take those radios when you head out into the wilderness. kenneth moton, thank you and welcome to the team. in the meantime, there are flood watches in the wes

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