Flood

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The Centerville Canyon Debris Dam is pictured in June.

Thanks to debris dam, Centerville homeowners to save on flood insurance

CENTERVILLE -- A new dam is expected to have a major impact on 181 homes formerly within a 100-year flood plain.

This week, officials sent a letter to those affected residents informing them they are no longer in a flood plain. City Manager Steve Thacker explained that the city has had the flood plain map amended by the Federal Emergency Management Agency, and it was made official Aug. 23.

(MATTHEW ARDEN HATFIELD/Standard-Examiner) A portion of Old Snowbasin Road in Weber County started cracking and sinking after an April 18 storm caused four or five big breaks. Repeated attempts to repair them have proved unsuccessful. The road, which is closed every year until June 1, is still undrivable.

Federal funds to help repair N. Utah flood damage

OGDEN — The floodwaters might have cleared away, but emergency management crews still have a list of damaged items in need of repair.

(Photo courtesy of Wyoming Highway Patrol) A van carrying four members of a family who died Tuesday is seen downstream from a washed-out section of Wyoming Highway 130 in the Medicine Bow Mountains.

Mom, 3 daughters from Colo. die in Wyo. washout

CHEYENNE, Wyo. -- Four members of a Colorado Springs family died after their vehicle drove into a washed-out section of a mountain highway in Wyoming and was swept downstream by a raging creek as they fled torrential rains at a national forest campground.

(ANTHONY SOUFFLE/Standard-Examiner)  Floodwaters from the Weber River surge onto Serge Simmons Field, the former home of the Ogden Raptors, knocking down the fencing and eroding the riverbank Friday. The bicycle path on the park’s east side has also been destroyed. Because the baseball field is still in bad shape, tournaments and city recreation teams have had to find other parks in Ogden on which to play. Officials say they don’t know if the park will be restored next year because of the cost and ramifications of government regulations regarding the alteration of the river’s flow.

Weber River still flooding Serge Simmons Field in Ogden

OGDEN -- The pain of spring flooding that sent water flowing over the banks of the Weber River is still being felt by those who have traditionally enjoyed recreational activities at Ogden's formerly pristine Serge Simmons Field.

(ANTHONY SOUFFLE/Standard-Examiner) Rescuers armed with throw bags wait on the banks of the Weber River after two rafts flipped, dumping their passengers into the fast water Saturday near Taggart.

16 rafters rescued from Weber River

TAGGART — River rafters who were dumped into the raging Weber River on Saturday are praising the swift response of emergency personnel.

(NICHOLAS DRANEY/Standard-Examiner) Flooding can still be seen on part of the Weber River Parkway near Fort Buenaventura in Ogden on Monday. A family reunion has booked a bowery for this weekend, and individual camping sites will be dried and cleaned up shortly, park officials say.

Fort Buenaventura, county busy as Weber River recedes

OGDEN -- The water has receded, and crews are busy cleaning and repairing Fort Buenaventura.

Bountiful flood-control project gets four bids

BOUNTIFUL — A major flood-control project to be built on Pages Lane in Bountiful has attracted bids from four area construction companies.

(ERIN HOOLEY/Standard-Examiner) Dinah Novy, the Community Emergency Response Team leader of District 31 in Ogden, talks to Dave Petersen on Thursday about water safety on the Ogden River along the Ogden River Parkway. River water levels have dropped some but may rise again because of snowmelt, water officials say.

Volunteers urge safety along raging Ogden River

OGDEN -- Dinah Novy, accompanied by her dog, Max, eased the golf cart away from Pioneer Park and slowly drove along a paved path next to the swollen Ogden River. Novy, a member of Ogden's Community Emergency Response Team, spent Thursday making rounds along a section of the Ogden River Parkway as part of a city-sponsored volunteer effort to warn pedestrians of the dangers of the fast-moving water.

Officials with the U.S. Dept. of Fish and Wildlife navigate in a fan boat with the Minot Police Dept. in response to 911 calls coming from a home in the evacuated Souris River flood zone Friday, June 24, 2011 in Minot, N.D. The river is expected to break a more than century-old record on Friday and go 6 or 7 feet higher by this weekend. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)

Slow river rise becoming roar in flooding ND city

 

MINOT, N.D.  — Watching the Souris River creep over roads and into neighborhoods has amounted to slow torture for North Dakota's fourth-largest city. In the next two days, Minot officials expect the waterway to roar.

As heat increases, so do flood concerns

OGDEN -- As temperatures go from below average to above average, the remaining snowpack could melt off in the next week, leading to more flooding.

In the meantime, emergency managers in Weber and Davis counties are monitoring to see if the first days of summer bring floodwaters.

"We are really just waiting to see what happens and what plays out," Davis County Sheriff's Sgt. Sue Poulsen said, adding that she anticipates Davis County will be all right.

Officials: Weber River breach repair holding

The breach repair project on the Weber River was completed Saturday and early indications are that the fix is holding, according to a news release from the Utah Department of Public Safety.

Broken levee repairs to begin today

Repairs to an access road leading to the broken levee near Warren are completed and repair to the levee will begin today.

(MATTHEW ARDEN HATFIELD/Standard-Examiner) On Wednesday, a truck drives through water that may be leaking from the Weber River into a Staker Parson gravel pit in South Weber.

Officials monitoring flood waters in South Weber gravel pit

SOUTH WEBER — Stacy Clark is expecting to deliver her fifth child at any time. What she didn’t expect to hear was that she may have to find a place for her family to stay if the Weber River fills up the Staker Parson gravel pit.

Levee repair still on hold until access road is fixed

Repairs to a damaged dirt road leading to a broken levee in Warren are continuing this morning.

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