Drivers push through floodwater on Arizona's I-17 near Munds Park
FOX Weather's windshield footage shows muddy torrents beside the interstate, while separate reports document flooding and evacuations in Sedona.
Why this story? The video opened at a pace of 146,673 views a day, 19 times a normal first day on this channel (7,803).
Drivers Navigate Dangerous Floodwaters In Arizona, As Heavy Rain Triggers Intense Flooding
FOX Weather's footage puts the camera inside the traffic: rain strikes the windshield, a gray SUV leads the way, and muddy water rushes through the roadside ditch. On the opposite side of the highway, vehicles push through standing water covering the pavement.
The scene is on I-17 near Munds Park, south of Flagstaff. The interstate connects Flagstaff with Phoenix, making this a view of flooding on a major route through Arizona, not an isolated back road.
As the vehicle continues, a police vehicle appears on the shoulder with its emergency lights flashing. Cars and pickups leave wakes across the submerged road surface. There is no spoken commentary; the footage, credited on screen to EZ Pete Interiors, carries the report.
The Short reached nearly 59,000 views in seven hours, already well beyond the channel's usual full-day audience for that format. Separate FOX Weather uploads showing water surging around properties in Sedona also drew unusually large early audiences.
In its accompanying coverage, the broadcaster reports mandatory evacuations in several parts of Sedona as water rises. For the interstate footage, its description carries a direct warning from officials: motorists should avoid flooded roadways.
Interstate 17 is a north–south highway entirely within Arizona, linking Phoenix and Flagstaff.
More on Wikipedia ›Munds Park is an unincorporated community in Coconino County, Arizona, just off Interstate 17 and surrounded by the Coconino National Forest.
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- Channel
- FOX Weather
- Subscribers
- 1,080,000
- Channel views, last 7 days
- 3,817,666
- Channel views, pace per day
- 1,228,647 (on a normal day: 706,570)
- Video published
- November 1, 2026
- Video views so far
- 58,961 (less than a day online)
- Video views, pace per day
- 146,673
The numbers
The I-17 footage has already passed FOX Weather's usual first-day Shorts audience. Several of its Sedona flooding uploads are also drawing unusually fast starts.


