Apache Junction Police officers pulled out grandmother Sue Teders from her sinking SUV after it was caught in a sudden monsoon that struck Arizona last week.
America faced three once in a thousand year rain storms last week in Missouri, Kentucky and Illinois that left at least 38 people dead as dozens more are still missing.
Six children and 14 adults were rescued from a St Louis daycare center after it was inundated with four foot floodwaters - and electrical sockets began to spark after the water touched them.
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