Utah lawmakers made it clear during Wednesday s special legislative session they intend to keep Gov. Spencer Cox s emergency powers in check even as they extended his flooding emergency order through mid-August.
With Utah facing floods from winter’s record snowfall, state lawmakers authorized $40 million in emergency spending and extended Gov. Spencer Cox’s emergency order through mid-August, but not without some controversy.
An analysis shows Utah is the No. 1 state in the American West for homes at risk of burning due to wildfires. The report by Redfin says two of every five homes face high wildfire risk. Some members of the Salt Lake County Council are raising concerns over Big Cottonwood and Little Cottonwood canyons in particular because of what that says is lack of year round water and inadequate water pressure in fire hydrants.
Two Salt Lake County Council members say there is an extreme wildfire risk due to seasonal culinary water supplies in the canyons and inadequate water pressure in fire hydrants.