SALT LAKE CITY — Just two days after a Rose Park Neighborhood saw severe flooding, Salt Lake County leaders were warning people in similar areas to prevent a repeat event.

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Saturday’s deluge filled city storm drains and eventually, several homes.

“The water is all the way to our knees and all our childhood memories, everything’s gone,” Hanh Ly, whose home flooded, said.

The drainage ditch behind Ly’s home overflowed, causing the flood.

“This rainstorm really just concentrated right above the Rose Park area and dropped a massive amount of water,” Salt Lake County Flood Control Division Director Kade Moncur said.

He said four out of five of the county’s pumps were manually turned on.

“We starte

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