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Officials: Weber River breach repair holding

Last updated Sunday, June 19, 2011 - 10:54pm

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.

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Broken levee repairs to begin today

Jessica Miller

Last updated Thursday, June 16, 2011 - 10:41am

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

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Rain and snow caused high waters in the Ogden River near Grant Avenue Thursday, April 7, 2011. (Erin Hooley/Standard-Examiner)

Volunteers to warn of dangers of deep Ogden River

Scott Schwebke, Jessica Miller, Standard-Examiner staff

Last updated Thursday, June 16, 2011 - 11:47am

OGDEN -- The city plans to mobilize 600 volunteers to patrol the swollen Ogden River over the next several weeks to provide flood safety information.

The volunteers will work in two-person teams with as many as 10 people walking along the Ogden River Parkway at any given time from Rainbow Gardens, 1851 Valley Drive, to Wall Avenue, city officials said Wednesday in a news release.

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Levee repair still on hold until access road is fixed

Jessica Miller

Last updated Wednesday, June 15, 2011 - 10:49am

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

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(KERA WILLIAMS/ Standard-Examiner) On Monday, water rushes past large sandbags that were placed at a levee along the Weber River in Plain City at 5500 West and 400 North.

'We're not quitting yet:' Latest effort to repair levee fails

Jessica Miller Standard-Examiner staff

Last updated Monday, June 13, 2011 - 9:34pm

The latest effort to help repair a broken levee may have failed, but Weber County emergency officials aren't giving up yet.

Weber County Sheriff's Lt. Mark Lowther said the river was eating its way around several of the one-ton sandbags that were dropped via helicopter Friday near 5900 West and 400 North.

Crews have been working around the clock since the break, Lowther said, but by Monday afternoon, the workers had left the site and emergency officials were trying to figure out a way to contain the uncontrolled water dumping into a small canal and into surrounding fields, dangerously close to homes.

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Crews work in Plain City to repair levee break as Weber River flows into "Little Weber."

Anthony Souffle, Standard-Examiner staff

Last updated Friday, June 10, 2011 - 7:13pm

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Planning in the works to repair broken levee in Weber County

Jessica Miller

Last updated Friday, June 10, 2011 - 8:41am

PLAIN CITY — Emergency officials are gathering this morning to try to establish a plan to repair a levee that broke yesterday on the Weber River.

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(NICHOLAS DRANEY/Standard-Examiner) The Weber River flows over 5500 W. 900 North near Plain City on Thursday. Crews had to cut the road to control the water flow westward. The levee where officials placed six diesel-powered pumps to try to alleviate pressure in the river gave way Thursday, so flooding has spread.

Weber River levee break flushes pumps

Michael McFall, Jessica Miller Standard-Examiner staff

Last updated Friday, June 10, 2011 - 4:30pm

PLAIN CITY -- The area where Weber County emergency officials placed six diesel-powered pumps to try to alleviate pressure in the swollen Weber River gave way Thursday and officials are scrambling to figure out what comes next.

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The Weber River flows over 5500 W. 900 N., near Plain City on Thursday, June 9, 2011. Crews had to cut the road to control the water flow westward. NICHOLAS DRANEY/Standard-Examiner

Levee breach in Plain City area, threatening nearby homes

Jessica Miller

Last updated Thursday, June 9, 2011 - 3:58pm

The area where Weber County emergency officials had placed six diesel-engine pumps to try to alleviate pressure in the swollen Weber river has given way, and officials are scrambling to figure out what comes next.

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Flooding hasn't worsened, but warnings still in effect

Jesus Lopez Jr., Standard-Examiner staff

Last updated Sunday, June 5, 2011 - 11:02pm

OGDEN -- The weekend's rise in temperature did not lead to a rise in flooding.

Weber County Emergency Preparedness Director Lance Peterson said officials continue to monitor the situation.

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Weber prepares for flooding with levee breach

The Associated Press

Last updated Wednesday, May 25, 2011 - 2:04pm

OGDEN -- Officials in Weber County are examining a levee to prepare for a deliberate breach in an effort to ease pressure along the Weber River as it reaches flood levels.

Workers are planning to create hole in a levee at the Ogden Bay Refuge on the Weber River to help ease pressure on the structure by emptying water into the Great Salt Lake as levels could rise about a foot over the next two days.

"We're very concerned right now about businesses, farmland and homes along the Weber River and taking every step possible to minimize the potential damage," said Weber County

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