Pima County will spend up to $200,000 per property to buy-out or relocate Catalina residents whose homes were damaged by the unprecedented flooding that roared down the Canada del Oro Wash this summer.

Harry Shearer is one of America’s crown princes of comedy. The humorist and comic is best known for his appearances in such mockumentaries as “Spinal Tap” and voices in the award-winning TV show “The Simpsons.” In his first feature-length documentary, humorist and New Orleans resident Shearer presents the inside story of a disaster that he believes could have been prevented from the people who were there.

Marana residents who received letters from the town regarding the modernization of its Flood Insurance Rate Maps (FIRMs) should mark their calendars with two important dates: May 5, the day the town will host a workshop detailing changes and what they mean to Maranans; and June 16, the day the new maps will take effect in Pima County.

Revised, study-based, digital flood insurance rate maps for Northwest Pima County have been generated, and the Federal Emergency Management Agency is seeking public comments on them.

The signs often appear out of nowhere, usually before entering a major dip in the road or even on a hiking trail, DO NOT ENTER WHEN FLOODED.

August 2. 2006 - The muddy waters reached Matt Cathey's yard midmorning on July 31, shortly after his wife and triplets evacuated their Grier Road home.

August 09, 2006 - Just two weeks after rains began pounding the metro area, damage estimates and residents' frustration with road closures continue to grow.

Feb. 9, 2005 - For the past decade, Laura and Clayton Wengert haven't exactly lived under the most ideal of circumstances.

When newlyweds Lori Faith and Bill Merritt found their piece of property along the Cañada del Oro at the base of the Santa Catalinas, they believed they'd found a little piece of heaven. An acre of ranch land surrounded by green horse pasture on every side, it was a dream come true.

On September 6, at 10:45 p.m., deputies with the Pima County Sheriff’s Department San Xavier District responded to a swift water rescue in the 1600 block of South Sandario Road. According to the 911 call, the reportee stated she was stuck in the wash with her Buick sedan. With her in the vehicle was her one-month-old baby.

La Cholla Road at the Canada Del Oro Wash will likely reopen late this afternoon after being closed down due to a piece of roadway washing away, the result of the weekend’s heavy rainfall.

Monsoon season is here, and you know what that could mean: plenty of much-needed rain, sometimes in greater quantities than we can handle. A flash flood can travel miles beyond the storm that generated it, catching unwary hikers and motorists by surprise.

Rain last week caused flooding that shut down portions of roads that cross the Canyon Del Oro wash including this one along Overton Road just east of La Cholla Boulevard. The road, which was closed all weekend, is expected to reopen later this week. Rainfall in the past seven days ranged from 1.89 inches to 3.54 inches in the Northwest.