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Crews in Murray City, Utah, prepare a community sandbagging event on Wednesday, April 5, 2023, as the state braces for the year's record-breaking snowpack to melt.
The National Weather Service announced on Wednesday that, for the first time in 40 days, there were no active flood watches, warnings or advisories for the state of Utah.
Bridges in Murray Park have been pre-emptively moved in anticipation of high water for spring flooding. Here is a look at conditions in the park on April 25, 2023.
Water runs down Little Cottonwood Creek at Wheeler Historic Farm in Murray. Salt Lake County Mayor Jenny Wilson and County Flood Control Director Kade Moncur held a press conference on Monday ...
A state of emergency was issued in Utah on Tuesday after record levels of snow have started to melt, causing flooding, Gov. Spencer Cox said. The melting could continue for months and cause events ...
MURRAY, Utah — Bridges at a northern Utah park have been removed due to rising creek waters connected to the snowpack melt. Officials ordered the removal of three bridges crossing Little ...
Flood worries are peaking across Utah as temperatures soar and a number of rivers threatened to rise above flood stage. Little and Big Cottonwood creeks and the Upper Weber River are expected to ...
Overnight Monday, the creek’s flow reached about 111 cubic feet per second, according to the National Weather Service. “Flood stage” is considered to begin at about 130 cfs.
The creek’s threshold for minor flooding is at about 798 cfs, according to the service. Little Cottonwood Creek’s peak flow expected over the next few days is 660 cfs.
Utah’s natural resources director says the state is still prone to additional flooding and landslides as the remaining snowpack continues to come down from the mountains.
A flood advisory was put in effect for areas near Thistle Creek in Sanpete and Utah Counties on Sunday night through Tuesday morning as law enforcement reported flooding on the road.
Several woman watch as large construction equipment is used to remove flood debris from Short Creek, Sept. 15, 2015 in Hildale, Utah. Debris and water cover the ground after a flash flood, Sept ...