Preparations were underway Friday for flash flooding in parts of Southern Utah, as communities work to make sure they don't get a repeat of what the storms brought Thursday.
CEDAR CITY — Preparations were underway Friday for flash flooding in parts of Southern Utah, as communities like Cedar City work to make sure they don't get a repeat of what theFriday afternoon, an Intermountain Cedar City Hospital maintenance employee sat in a skid steer, pushing around dirt to make a trench pathway. Not far from him, a group of maintenance workers stood next to an excavator, hooking large cement blocks up to the scoop.
A newly dug-up, deep trench near Intermountain Cedar City Hospital is supposed to divert flood water away from the building. "Eventually it, you know, covered the entire basement," he said, pointing across the large space that includes a crime lab, evidence room, IT room, and gym.Sheriff Ken Carpenter shows some of the damage Thursday's flash flooding caused at the Cedar City jail.
That contingency plan may still come into play, as they look toward storms this weekend and wonder if the building will again flood.
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