MURRAY, Utah (ABC 4 News) - Flood waters caused major headaches across the Wasatch Front Monday.
Murray Park was drenched with water after Little Cottonwood Creek Overflowed Sunday Night.
The water saturated the area, and was reportedly between three and four feet deep in places. Due to flood waters, 5100 South and State Street in Murray was restricted to one lane.
Fire officials say water has surrounded several buildings in the Murray area, and as of Monday morning, one home was flooded. Several businesses were also threatened, including a bank and insurance agency.
Upstream on Little Cottonwood Creek, swift waters and debris knocked out the patio area of the vacant Black Angus restaurant near Ft. Union Blvd. in Cottonwood Heights.
The rising waters also threatened a footbridge and a private power plant at 550 East near the mouth of Little Cottonwood Canyon. The footbridge was removed by a crane, but county officials said the small power plant would more than likely be swept away by the current very soon.
Hundreds of volunteers from local stakes for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints worked through the night, sandbagging to save homes and businesses in the Murray area.
The Boys and Girls club building near Murray Park was one of the structures threatened by the flood waters near Murray Park. Dozens of volunteers worked early Monday morning to keep the water out of the building.
Some homes were evacuated, as residents loaded personal belongings into trucks.
Public Works officials and volunteers were working to clear storm drains and get sandbags to threatened areas. Salt Lake County Public Works requested volunteers to help fill sandbags starting at 8:30 a.m. The address is 604 West 6960 South in Midvale.
Big Cottonwood Creek is also on the rise, and people who live along it need to be prepared. The area has also seen a lot of spring runoff, and it's combining with the thunderstorms we saw last night.
Big Cottonwood creek runs through Holladay, Cottonwood Heights, and Murray. There have been some reports of the water running over the banks already.
Lehi is another area that is expecting to see more flooding tonight. The flooding is coming from Dry Creek in American Fork Canyon.
People there had to sand bag last night, and they're planning to do it again tonight. So far at least 15 homes have some type of flooding damage in the Lehi area.
There was other flooding reported in other areas of Utah, including the Weber River in Summit County. No structures in those areas were immediately threatened. There was also flooding reported in Provo, and American Fork.
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