GLOBE, AZ (AZFamily) — Three people are dead and more could be missing as emergency crews look through the damage left behind by devastating flooding this week in Globe .

The Globe City Council read a proclamation during an emergency meeting on Saturday afternoon, declaring an emergency.

Search and rescue crews have been all over the area all night and into Saturday, looking for missing people. The biggest concern right now is about 1,000 propane tanks that were washed downstream, according to Carl Melford, the emergency manager at Gila County Division of Emergency Management.

“This has caused a major hazmat issue,” he said. “We’ve called in pretty much as many state resources as we can get.”

City officials are urging people to stay out of downtown because of unsafe buildings, debri

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