Phoenix, and especially the zoo, are cleaning up after a massive storm that hit the city last week.

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Timeline: Top 10 wettest and driest Phoenix monsoon seasons
StoryMap: Four Arizona cities in monsoon season
Storify: Aftermath of Phoenix storm rages on social media

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With flash flood warnings beginning early Monday night, the National Weather Service reported short of one inch of rain by early morning Tuesday, Sept. 1.

Social media boomed during the night as the monsoon progressed from thunder and lighting to rain and hail.

Cronkite News researched monsoons, El Nino and other extreme weather that impacts Phoenix.

El Niño graphic (by Brooke Stobbe/Cronkite News)

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Phoenix continues cleanup after major storm

by Alisha Lynage, Cronkite News
September 8, 2015

<h1>Phoenix continues cleanup after major storm</h1>
<p class="byline">by Alisha Lynage, Cronkite News <br />September 8, 2015</p>
<p>Phoenix, and especially the zoo, are cleaning up after a massive storm that hit the city last week. </p>
<p>[su_pullquote]<strong>Read more:</strong></p>
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<li><a href="https://wp.me/p69Ryr-1yt/">Timeline: Top 10 wettest and driest Phoenix monsoon seasons</a></li>
<li><a href="https://wp.me/p69Ryr-1yD">StoryMap: Four Arizona cities in monsoon season</a></li>
<li><a href="http://cronkitenews.azpbs.org/2015/09/01/aftermath-of-phoenix-storm-rages-on-social-media/">Storify: Aftermath of Phoenix storm rages on social media</a></li>
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<p>With flash flood warnings beginning early Monday night, the National Weather Service reported short of one inch of rain by early morning Tuesday, Sept. 1. </p>
<p>Social media boomed during the night as the monsoon progressed from thunder and lighting to rain and hail. </p>
<p>Cronkite News researched monsoons, El Nino and other extreme weather that impacts Phoenix.</p>
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Phoenix continues cleanup after major storm

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Phoenix, and especially the zoo, are cleaning up after a massive storm that hit the city last week. 

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• Timeline: Top 10 wettest and driest Phoenix monsoon seasons

• StoryMap: Four Arizona cities in monsoon season

• Storify: Aftermath of Phoenix storm rages on social media

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With flash flood warnings beginning early Monday night, the National Weather Service reported short of one inch of rain by early morning Tuesday, Sept. 1. 

Social media boomed during the night as the monsoon progressed from thunder and lighting to rain and hail. 

Cronkite News researched monsoons, El Nino and other extreme weather that impacts Phoenix.

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