Monsoon storms through region, gets St. George area 'back on track' for average rainfall

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ST. GEORGE — Though short-lived, monsoon rains Saturday and Sunday wreaked havoc on parts of southern Utah while helping the area get back on track as far as annual rainfall goes.

Storms produced flooding across the county, ripped trees out of the ground, and in the case of Dixie High School, damaged athletic facilities like the football fields and tennis court area.

On Saturday, some flooding hit the streets of the center of Hurricane, Washington and elsewhere, while a sudden deluge of rain and strong winds tore through downtown St. George and ripped off the roof of the dugout at the Dixie High tennis courts. The storm also destroyed some of the fencing and trees around the football field and ripped signs off the football scoreboard. One of those signs was thrown by the wind to the opposite end of the field.

"There was some significant damage," Steve Dunham, the communication and public relations director for the Washington County School District, told St. George News on Monday.

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