A group of hikers was rescued June 5 from an embankment in Big Horn Canyon after a powerful flash flood cut off their return route, Utah Bureau of Land Management officials reported. The group had crossed a dry wash when a sudden surge of water swept in, making it impossible to get back to their vehicle.
Weekend storms produce yet another flash flood event
Dear Moab: We need to have a talk about water and flood flows.
A violent storm on June 21 dumped over an inch of rain in just 15 minutes in some areas of Moab, according to Grand County Emergency Management Director Cora Phillips.
Heavy rains on the evening of August 20 led to flash floods that swept down Moab’s Main Street and local waterways. Some local businesses have closed for the day to clean up water…
The uppermost Mill Creek gage reported a record maximum stream height of 10.78 feet, high enough that the value isn’t included on USGS tables used to determine the flow rate by water height.
The National Weather Service issued a flash flood warning today for the Pack Creek Fire burn area in the Spanish Valley area of Grand & San Juan counties. The warning is expected to…
In spite of Tuesday’s dreary weather, about 45 people attended an open workshop hosted on Oct. 26 by the Utah State University Moab Extension to talk about recovery efforts for the area burned…
Andrea and Randy French were on vacation when they started getting texts from their neighbors about flooding in their subdivision. The couple came home to find tens of thousands of dollars worth of…
A 110-foot, 62-year-old bridge on Highway 95 in San Juan County has been compromised by the collapse of sandstone that was holding up the footing of one of the bridge abutments. “Engineers say…
