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SALT LAKE CITY — A significant storm dumped rain on northern Utah early Thursday, flooding streets and buildings, and temporarily closing I-215.
I-215 southbound closed for about two hours near 400 South after a crash that left two semitrailers across all lanes of traffic. One of them spilled about 60 gallons of diesel fuel.
Police say the driver of the first semi lost control in heavy rains around 12:30 a.m. The truck bounced off the center freeway wall and back, then jackknifed across the freeway.
Minutes later, the driver of a flat-bed semi slammed on the brakes and tried to swerve around the truck. It hit the median and ended up sideways also.
It took crews about two hours to clean up the trucks and diesel fuel. No one was seriously injured.
In Salt Lake County, floodwaters shut 600 North at 400 West. The road finally opened about 5 a.m. And at KSL Broadcast House on 300 West, water poured into the BC Cafe, which is just below KSL's newsroom. Staff cleaned up several inches of water.
Power pole fires knocked out power for thousands of people.
Overnight almost 3,500 Rocky Mountain Power customers were without electricity in Ogden because of a pole fire. That number was reduced to about 1,000 by 6 a.m.
In West Valley City, almost 1,000 customers lost power due to lightning.
A YouTube time lapse video above, from viewer Matt Gibby, shows the storm in Lehi.
Check today's forecast on KSL's weather page.
