Click the play button on the video window to the right to see the storySEDONA -- A major clean up is underway after storms rolled through parts of Northern Arizona on Thursday afternoon and left a path of heavy flooding behind.
"Everybody is here to help," said Tlaquepaque shop owner Candice Peterson. "I have people calling me, people from the community are coming down, donating their time."
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Thunderstorms caused flooding on roads that was up to 5 feet deep, according to officials.
"We just want to get up and running," said Peterson.
Sedona fire Batt. Chief Dan Wills said 70 to 80 cars were carried down the flooded wash.
Sedona Fire Marshall Gary Johnson said the cars were carried down a wash behind shopping development Tlaquepaque "like beachballs."
Witnesses described a wall of water, similar to the Grand Canyon's raging rapids, that swept through the popular shopping center.
"There were white caps in the water, it was rough, amazing, the force of it was unlike anything I've ever seen in my life, it really was like the rapids in the Grand Canyon," said Chris Brooks while standing next to his car that was filled with debris and pushed up against a tree.
Several people had to be rescued from their cars along with others who grabbed onto trees as the water swept through the Tlaquepaque shopping center.
"I mean these women were just screaming and we wanted to help and went to do so, but the water was just too rough," said Brooks.
"It was frightening, there were people in real danger," said Barbara Kovac who works at a business in the shopping area.
First responders rescued the women along with several others who were stuck in their cars.
The force of the water was so strong, cars were tossed around like aluminum cans and large statues toppled like toys.
"It's a mess, it's going to take a lot of cleaning up," said Kovac while scraping a thick layer of mud from the steps outside several high end businesses.
According to a Sedona Fire Department Spokesperson, there were no injuries, but the cleanup will take days.
On Friday, nearly a dozen tow trucks worked to pull damaged cars from the parking lot as bulldozers swept through the area scooping up piles of mud.
Those on the scene said some businesses are severely damaged.
"There are some who don't even know how bad it is because they can't get in," said Kovac. "I've never seen anything like this here, it's not good."
Sedona residents clean up after flash flood stormsDespite the massive damage, no one was hurt, and workers at the Tlaquepaque Arts and Crafts Village said clean up is going well and they expect to be open this weekend.
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