Even with temperatures in southwest Utah expected to hit the mid-90s this weekend, Santa Clara Mayor Rick Rosenberg is relatively confident his and other cities in Washington County will avoid the major flooding that has occurred in some areas along the Wasatch Front.In explaining why he remains confident, Rosenberg sums it up with one word – experience.
Storms have bolstered mountain snowpacks from Colorado to the Sierra Nevada, turning the page on the deep drought that gripped the West for three years. The question now is how
Most of the flooding being experienced so far is the result of runoff compromised by clogged storm drains or other infrastructure that needs to be cleared of debris.