First came the fire that nearly devoured two Utah towns. Now comes the threat of dangerous, deadly slides.

(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Kirk Richards stands in a diversion ditch near his Woodland Hills home on Thursday, Aug. 15, 2019.

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