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$33 million set aside to help Utah communities combat flooding

The funds, reappropriated during a special legislative session, will go towards monitoring landslides, repairing roads and bridges and distributing sandbags.

People work to protect homes into the night along 1700 South in Salt Lake City from the rising flow of Emigration Creek through Wasatch Hollow Park on Wednesday, April 12, 2023. Utah Lawmakers reallocated state funds during a special session on Wednesday, May 17, 2023 to combat flooding and snow damage. (Francisco Kjolseth/The Salt Lake Tribune via AP)