Several emergency personnel have reported heavy flooding throughout areas of Washington County on Saturday morning.

Flooding has been reported in the areas of Gunlock, Pine Valley, New Harmony, Dammeron Valley, LaVerkin, areas near Washington City and Hurricane. There have also been reports of other incidents caused by the storms such as lightning strikes and rock slides.

Sgt. Lucas Alfred, from the Washington County Sheriff’s Office, told St. George News about some of the preliminary reports following the temporary closure of multiple roads across the county.

“As far as the floods went, l ast night, they had some road debris that closed some roads temporarily,” Alfred said. “Our county roads department was out until probably 2 o’clock this morning, working on things as it came in. The

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