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MURRAY -- It's going to take a few days, if not weeks, for residents here to get back to normal after a heavy storm and a broken drainage pipe caused flooding in and around Murray July 26.
The biggest questions that need an answer at this point are "Who's responsible?" and "Who's going to pay for damages?"
Cheryl Leithead, a local resident, wants some answers.
"(I am) very upset, very upset. But what do you do," she said.
Her front yard now resembles a yard sale, full of items she needs to dry out. After yesterday's flood in she's worried how many items will have to be replaced.
"It was fun for a minute when the water was just in the street, and then when the logs started coming, we knew we were in trouble," she said.
A heavy rainstorm came through the area, and combined with a broken drainage pipe that had been under repair since May, all the water that was supposed to be channeled away instead came down the street and into homes.
Brenda Allred, another resident of the neighborhood, remembers coming home, going downstairs, and seeing almost everything she worked for underwater, with damage to her carpet, furniture, television, and other items.
"I didn't know if I should cry," she said.
Sandbags have beep put around homes in case another rain storm comes through, while residents decide what to get rid of, and what to keep. Still, they are wondering who is going to pay for damages.
"I don't want to be stuck holding the bag because I don't have the money for it," Allred said.
A Salt Lake County spokesperson told said it is going to take a few days to figure out, ultimately, who is at fault, if anyone at all. That investigation is going on.
In the meantime, residents have been asked to talk to their insurance agents, get everything cleaned, and then, if they want, to file a claim with the county.
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