Flash flooding in Hurricane forces evacuations and closes roads in southern Utah
Evacuation orders and road closures followed overnight storms in Washington County, with more rain expected Thursday.
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Storms brought widespread flooding to Hurricane on Thursday, prompting an evacuation order for the Willow Wind RV Park and road closures across southern Utah, FOX 13 News reported. Video shared with the station shows feet of water turning roads into makeshift rivers in some neighborhoods, with numerous vehicles partially submerged as of 11:30 a.m. [1]
One of the flooded areas, along Gould Wash, also had severe flooding several months ago. "The community rallied around everybody here a couple of months ago, and helped them get all taken care of, and now they're worse off than they were before," said Orion Parker, according to FOX 13. [1]
The American Red Cross has set up an emergency shelter for people affected by the flooding at 272 South 700 West. [1]
Elsewhere, the Utah Department of Transportation closed Kolob Terrace Road at SR-8 in Virgin because of flooding in the Zion area, and State Route 24 in Capitol Reef National Park is closed between mileposts 81 and 86 because of flooding and debris. In Oljato, along the Utah-Arizona border, the Navajo Police Department posted video of flooding and warned that Paiute Farms Road had collapsed and is not passable. [1]
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