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Brooke Walker ReportingClean up begins after a soggy mountainside brings mud and rocks down into a neighborhood in Summit County.
"Mother Nature has given us lots of water and we'll just have to deal with it."
Residents of Jeremy Ranch, near Park City, were hard at work today after a mudslide broke loose Saturday afternoon. The slide flowed through the neighborhood, making a mess of everything!
From the look of things, mud and mess are all that's left over. But the water is still coming. And the coming weeks have everyone concerned.
"It hit yesterday."
Hit hard. Neighbors described it as a fierce rumbling.
"There was about a three foot wall of mud that came down the whole road."
That wall of mud made its way down the mountainside in minutes. Natural run-off is to blame.
"It's just amazing that all three houses in the main slide path were very much saved."
The slide took down trees and even knocked over a power line. Luckily, no one was injured.
"It makes us nervous."
Neighbors were quick to react and today the digging, filling, and stacking began. But the water kept coming, and with the water, more mud.
Volunteers dug a trench right through a front yard in an effort to direct the water away from the house.
"We're all worried."
Jeff Proctor has lived in Jeremy Ranch for eleven years, but has never seen anything like this.
Jeff Proctor/ Jeremy Ranch resident: "I came up to see how much this was like my own home situation and it's really similar. So I'm really worried about what could happen to our home."
A worry that's on a lot of people's minds.
While today's mess is obvious, residents say the real concern could be what's next.
"If the water rises with a big storm, it could get really ugly really fast."
"There's a lot of water in the soil, there's no such thing as a drought anymore."
Summit County has also been actively involved, providing sandbags and making sure the culverts are all clear. Everyone will be back at it, tomorrow.
Meantime, residents in Emigration Canyon are still holding their breath. A flood warning for the canyon is in effect until midnight tonight.
Warm temperatures today melted more snow, and the weather service says the creek will exceed flood stage this evening.
Residents have already seen flooding the past week, and have been busy filling and stacking sandbags to redirect the water.
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