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12th September 2012, 08:35
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Dozens Of Homes Damaged In Santa Clara After Dike Breaks
(KUTV) High water from heavy rains caused flooding in Southern Utah and evacuations in Santa Clara .
The Laub dike broke, which holds back a retention pond, causing water to wash the middle of the dike away.
"We had no idea that we'd ever have a problem with that," Larry Larson says. Larson's home was damaged in the flood.
It's a dike that people in Santa Clara hardly even knew was there. "It's always function well. We never knew there was an issue or problem with it," Sheriff Cory Pulsipher of Washington County says.
On Tuesday, a police officer spotted water coming through the dike. He ran door to door telling people to evacuate.
Within moments, flood waters tore a huge gash through the middle of the dike. It sent a wave of muddy water right into the town.
Between 25 and 30 homes suffered major damages from the flooding.
"We have several homes where they essentially had a five or six foot tall wall of water go through their main floor," Matt Ence, a Santa Clara City Council member says.
Businesses were damaged too. One gas station was directly in the water's path.
"You just think 'oh, it will flood just a little,' and then it got higher and higher," Liisa Frei, owner of Dutchman's Gas Station says. She watched as the water punched open the doors on the back of the building.
"The chairs in the restaurant floated out," Frei says.
Spencer Holland, manager at DixiLand Tires says it's a miracle he got out before the wall of water hit his tire store.
"It picked up equipment that weighed way more than a person and threw it like it was nothing, so a person would have been taken apart," Holland says.
The city is now looking into what caused the catastrophic failure of the dike, but the focus right now is on recovery.
"Our hearts go out to these folks. They are our friends and neighbors. It's been a tough day," Matt Ence says.
State Representative Larry Snow says there will be some help at the state level.
(Copyright 2012 Sinclair Broadcasting Group)
http://www.kutv.com/news/top-stories/stories/vid_2074.shtml
Dozens Of Homes Damaged In Santa Clara After Dike Breaks
(KUTV) High water from heavy rains caused flooding in Southern Utah and evacuations in Santa Clara .
The Laub dike broke, which holds back a retention pond, causing water to wash the middle of the dike away.
"We had no idea that we'd ever have a problem with that," Larry Larson says. Larson's home was damaged in the flood.
It's a dike that people in Santa Clara hardly even knew was there. "It's always function well. We never knew there was an issue or problem with it," Sheriff Cory Pulsipher of Washington County says.
On Tuesday, a police officer spotted water coming through the dike. He ran door to door telling people to evacuate.
Within moments, flood waters tore a huge gash through the middle of the dike. It sent a wave of muddy water right into the town.
Between 25 and 30 homes suffered major damages from the flooding.
"We have several homes where they essentially had a five or six foot tall wall of water go through their main floor," Matt Ence, a Santa Clara City Council member says.
Businesses were damaged too. One gas station was directly in the water's path.
"You just think 'oh, it will flood just a little,' and then it got higher and higher," Liisa Frei, owner of Dutchman's Gas Station says. She watched as the water punched open the doors on the back of the building.
"The chairs in the restaurant floated out," Frei says.
Spencer Holland, manager at DixiLand Tires says it's a miracle he got out before the wall of water hit his tire store.
"It picked up equipment that weighed way more than a person and threw it like it was nothing, so a person would have been taken apart," Holland says.
The city is now looking into what caused the catastrophic failure of the dike, but the focus right now is on recovery.
"Our hearts go out to these folks. They are our friends and neighbors. It's been a tough day," Matt Ence says.
State Representative Larry Snow says there will be some help at the state level.
(Copyright 2012 Sinclair Broadcasting Group)
http://www.kutv.com/news/top-stories/stories/vid_2074.shtml