CACHE COUNTY - (ABC 4 News) Severe flooding is causing major problems Wednesday morning for people in Cache County. Tuesday night heavy rain in Smithfield caused water in a canal to spill over into people's homes. Cache County officials say teams worked late into the night to keep the water out of people's homes.
Officials said several canals in Northern Utah were overflowing Tuesday night and flooding into basements and homes. One particular neighborhood along the 300 East block of Smithfield was hit hard by the storm.
Residents there said many homes in the neighborhood were flooded as a result of a canal overflowing. Emergency responders said basements quickly filled with water, with at least one basement of a home near the Smithfield Canal becoming completely flooded to ceiling. Water destroyed so much of the house, the people living there can't even begin to estimate how much money they've lost.
"I wouldn't even want to guess because I imagine everything, the whole basement, is going to have to be completely redone," said Greg Despain, Smithfield resident.
What's worse for Despain is he doesn't have any flood insurance, that means everything that needs to be fixed he may have to pay for himself.
Meanwhile, crews on hand used heavy machinery to help reduce flood waters spilling over from the banks of the canal.
ABC 4 is told the waters are beginning to recede.
