SALT LAKE CITY The Federal Emergency Management Agency announced Wednesday that President Donald Trump has approved a major disaster declaration related to the September windstorm that downed trees and caused power outages across northern Utah.
Federal disaster assistance is now available to state and local governments and certain nonprofit organizations on a cost-sharing basis, FEMA said. Brian Hvinden, a FEMA spokesman, told KSL.com the federal government will provide at least 75% of approved project costs, but no final dollar figure is yet available.
A Preliminary Damage Assessment found nearly $9 million in windstorm damages in four Utah counties Salt Lake, Davis, Weber and Morgan. Utah Division of Emergency Management spokesman Wade Matthews said that assessment was used only to determine eligibility for a disaster declaration and likely doesn t represent the full scope of the damage.
PARK CITY Summit County officials say a 31-year-old Clinton man died Friday after being buried in an avalanche on backcountry slopes near Park City.
He was identified Monday as Kevin Jack Steuterman, Summit County Sheriff Justin Martinez said in a tweet. Our hearts break for the Steuterman family and friends, Martinez said.
According to a news release from Summit County Sheriff s Lt. Andrew Wright, authorities received word about the avalanche in the Dutch Draw area about 10:09 a.m. The caller said she saw her boyfriend try to snowboard down steep backcountry terrain when the avalanche began and caught him up.
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KNOLLS, Tooele County Two people died Sunday when a wrong-way driver hit another car head-on on eastbound I-80 in rural Tooele County.
The crash occurred about 5 p.m., according to the Utah Department of Public Safety.
A Buick Enclave was traveling west in the eastbound lanes, the DPS said, when it collided with a Tesla passenger car and both vehicles became quickly engulfed in flame. The collision killed the drivers of both vehicles.
A passenger in the Tesla was flown to a Salt Lake City hospital in serious condition with compound fractures in both legs; no one else was in either vehicle.