A rapid spring snowmelt after an unusually wet winter is unleashing flooding from the Southwest to the Rockies, causing residents there and in the Upper Midwest to evacuate stock up on sandbags amid surging creeks and rivers
Local officials issued evacuation orders for at least 20 homes as temperatures spiked and snowmelt coursed through the streets on Wednesday, April 12, 2023, in Kaysville, Utah. A record-breaking snow season has raised fears of spring flooding throughout Utah as the weather in mountain regions warms. FLAGSTAFF, Ariz.
“It would be nice to have an exact model of what we need to do. But we don’t," Flagstaff Vice Mayor Austin Aslan told the Arizona Daily Sun on Wednesday."We don’t know what the next fire will look like, or where that scar will be. There’s small differences that will direct water to one neighborhood or another.”
The water was receding as cooler weather moved into the area. Even so, multiple mudslides were reported on canyon roads, including one that forced the temporary closure of Interstate 80 southeast of the city early Thursday. The National Weather Service issued a flood advisory through midday Saturday, warning that some roads may become impassable and urging motorists not to drive through flooded river crossings.As a speedy snowmelt and possible April showers stoke fears of heavy flooding in the Northern Plains, state officials are announcing flood response plans. Residents have been assembling thousands — if not hundreds of thousands — of sandbags to combat floods themselves.
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