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Vince Hanson, left, and Jody Logan of Eagle's Nest Wellness Center shovel mud from the entrance to the business along Highway 24 in Cascade, Colo. Tuesday, July 31, 2012. Highway 24 through the area was closed for several hours Monday as heavy rains caused flash floods below areas burned by the Waldo Canyon Fire. In Colorado alone, insurers estimate that wildfires have caused some $450 million in damage to personal property, and that number is expected to grow. (AP Photo/The Colorado Springs Gazette, Mark Reis)

Flash flooding a concern after major Utah wildfires

Last updated Friday, August 3, 2012 - 2:27pm

SALT LAKE CITY — Several major wildfires that scorched Utah mountainsides last month have triggered a heightened concern for flash floods.

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Storms trigger flash floods in S. Utah

Contributed The Associated Press

Last updated Monday, July 30, 2012 - 5:21pm

A storm system cartwheeling through southern Utah is triggering warnings of flash floods.

Sanpete County sheriff’s officials are using Twitter to warn of a “massive” flash flood covering state Route 132 around Fountain Green.

National Weather Service radar shows thunderstorm cells covering much of southwest Utah and reaching the middle part of the state.

Meteorologists say slot canyons in Zion and Capital Reef national parks could be dangerous.

Southern Utah could see rain for much of the week.

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Afternoon showers in Saint George resulted in a flooded church parking lot. (Photo by Laura Hansen Farnsworth)

Rains bring flash flooding to St. George

Contributed The Associated Press

Last updated Monday, July 16, 2012 - 10:25am

ST. GEORGE — Flash flooding has hit St. George after thunderstorms rolled through southwest Utah.

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Skull linked to Utah Boy Scout killed in 1961 flood

Contributed The Associated Press

Last updated Friday, May 11, 2012 - 8:45am

ST. GEORGE -- Police say a skull fragment found in the Virgin River belongs to a Boy Scout who was swept away in a flash flood more than 50 years ago.

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New weather radar better tracks violent storms

Steve Campbell Fort Worth Star-Telegram

Last updated Monday, March 19, 2012 - 10:03am

FORT WORTH, Texas -- Faster and more precise storm detection radar will get its first urban test this spring in Dallas-Fort Worth, mapping weather hazards down to street levels when tornadoes, high winds or flash floods threaten.

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Ivins resident John Bangerter talks Thursday, Feb. 23. 2012 in St. George, Utah about a flash flood that swept through the Zion National Park Narrows 50 years ago. Bangerter and most of the members of his outdoor expedition group caught up in the flood survived, but five participants were killed. Springdale's police chief is trying to determine if a partial skull found five years ago in the river is from one of the victims who was never found. (AP Photo/The Spectrum, Kevin Jenkins)

Survivor of 1961 Utah flash flood recalls tragedy

Kevin Jenkins The Spectrum

Last updated Wednesday, February 29, 2012 - 6:15pm

ST. GEORGE -- Somewhere beneath the waters of the Virgin River -- perhaps even of Lake Mead more than 100 miles downstream -- lie the remains of two Boy Scouts killed 50 years ago in a flash flood that swept through the Zion National Park Narrows.

A skull fragment recovered from the river five years ago and believed to be from one of the flood victims is evidence of the passage of time since the deadly incident. Even now, the memory of that day in September 1961 doesn't rest easily for one of the survivors of the ill-fated trek undertaken by a wilderness expedition group called Socotwa.

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