LAS VEGAS (KTNV) — Clark County officials unveiled the newest addition to Southern Nevada's flood control system on Thursday afternoon in the east Las Vegas valley.

Located near the intersection of Owens Avenue and Los Feliz Street, the $21.3 million Jim McGaughey Detention Basin is designed to catch runoff from Frenchman Mountain when it rains, protecting neighborhoods downhill from potential dangerous flash flooding.

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The foothills of Frenchman Mountain is one of the valley's most notoriously flood-prone areas, and no one knows that better than Chuck Muth, who's lived in a neighborhood there since 2009.

"When it hits, this isn't just like a trickle or a stre

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