SALT LAKE CITY — Reports started coming in on Friday night of flooding after heavy rain struck parts of Utah over the weekend due to remnants of a hurricane pushing into the state.

Washington County

Washington County was struck with flooding that started around 7:50 p.m. on Friday, according to Sgt. Lucas Alfred with the Washington County Sheriff’s Office.

Alfred said residents reported flooded roads with debris being pushed onto the roadways in Gunlock, New Harmony, Dammeron Valley and Pine Valley.

According to Alfred, the floods were bad enough in Pine Valley that the town had to be closed off to the public.

“Pine Valley was hit very hard after the Forsyth Fire ,” Alfred said. “They lost most of their vegetation on the mountain side that would help retain some of that water com

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