APS shows Good Morning Arizona how it uses its drones to find and fix problems before they happen.
Despite the hot and dry summer, more mosquitoes are testing positive for West Nile virus across the state. The Maricopa County Environmental Services Department collects and tests mosquitoes for West Nile. In one night, crews collected 89,000 mosquitoes in one trap in a neighborhood in Mesa. “Throughout the week, we set over 900 CO2 traps, these attract mosquitoes and they bring them into the lab,” said vector lab division manager John Townsend.
After this week's monsoon activity around the Phoenix area, expect to see more mosquitoes. But there are ways to keep them away.
A Mesa roofing company has been busy fixing homes left damaged by a microburst that passed through on Tuesday night.
Desert Tails animal shelter in Scottsdale has thousands of dollars in repairs after a monsoon storm barreled through the area.