Citizen volunteers worked into the night to protect against flooding along 1700 South in Salt Lake City last night after Mayor Erin Mendenhall issued an emergency order.
late Wednesday aimed at helping the city support residents amid spring flooding.
Flooding on Orchard Ridge Lane in Kaysville caused sections of pavement to collapse on Wednesday, April 12, 2023. As the roadway ultimately collapsed, they heard a huge crash: Large chunks of earth had tumbled into dumpsters that had fallen into the sinkhole that developed on half their street. The couple decided not to evacuate so that their son, 3-year-old Archer, could stay asleep, but the parents never managed to go back to bed.The American Red Cross had initially set up an evacuation center in a Latter-day Saint meetinghouse located at 1085 N. 50 East. But by about 10 a.m., everyone who had been evacuated had found another place to stay, a spokesperson said.
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