There are helicopters that can fly into the people cut off from travel. Helicopters should be handling any emergency.
Has Governor Gary Herbert (click here) declared a state of emergency?
The color of the water shows strong evidence of soil erosion. There is no way of knowing what is destroyed by the flood waters. That won't be evident until the water subsides.
September 15, 2015
By Shamar Walters and Richie Duchon
Flash flooding triggered by a strong thunderstorm (click here) killed at least eight people in southern Utah, authorities said. Five others remained missing early Tuesday.
"This hit with a vengeance we haven't seen for some time," said Kevin Barlow, the assistant fire chief in Hildale, a town on the Utah-Arizona border. Several children and mothers were among the dead or missing, he added.
Barlow said that an SUV and a van carrying a total of 16 people had been swept away by the flooding. They were "hit by a large wall of water and debris," Washington County Emergency Services said in a statement.
The women and children were thought to be coming back from a park in the area when the flash flood hit, according to Barlow.
Three people were rescued during the ordeal, which occurred around 4:40 p.m. local time (6:40 p.m. ET).
Utah needs to elevate their bridges above the 1000 year storm.
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Has Governor Gary Herbert (click here) declared a state of emergency?
The color of the water shows strong evidence of soil erosion. There is no way of knowing what is destroyed by the flood waters. That won't be evident until the water subsides.
September 15, 2015
By Shamar Walters and Richie Duchon
Flash flooding triggered by a strong thunderstorm (click here) killed at least eight people in southern Utah, authorities said. Five others remained missing early Tuesday.
"This hit with a vengeance we haven't seen for some time," said Kevin Barlow, the assistant fire chief in Hildale, a town on the Utah-Arizona border. Several children and mothers were among the dead or missing, he added.
Barlow said that an SUV and a van carrying a total of 16 people had been swept away by the flooding. They were "hit by a large wall of water and debris," Washington County Emergency Services said in a statement.
The women and children were thought to be coming back from a park in the area when the flash flood hit, according to Barlow.
Three people were rescued during the ordeal, which occurred around 4:40 p.m. local time (6:40 p.m. ET).
Utah needs to elevate their bridges above the 1000 year storm.
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