Some of the reported wind gusts were as high as 80 mph.  Police officers reported a 5 car garage had collapsed.  There was even damage at the University of Phoenix Stadium where the Arizona Cardinals play.  There were pieces of the roof that have been reported to have blown off and debris from the roof was on the playing field.  Training camp begins today and first game is only a couple weeks away, on Aug 14.  It is assumed that the repairs will be completed by then.  Heavy rain was also apart of the mess with some places reporting over an inch of rain.  In Florence Junction, AZ 1.1 inches of rain feel in only a half hour.  This much rain in a short period of time led to several flooded roadways.  The rain isn't over yet either.  Showers and thunderstorms remain in the forecast through the weekend with temperatures below 100 degrees.  The weather pattern changes at the begining of the week with drier and warmer air moving in.  Temperatures return to around 105 for the middle of the week.  

In California, wildfires continue to spread through Los Angeles county.  But in some circumstances, the weather is actually helping the situation instead of hurting it.  Over 1,000 homes have been evacuated and one of the fires is only about 5% surrounded at this point.  Near the coast it will be cool and moist and that will help some of the fires that are further north.  Towards the south, breezier and drier conditions will hinder some of the efforts.  The causes of these fires are still unknown. Wildfires usually start to pop up in late summer and the threat for wildfires to develop will continue into the November.