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Fires Leave Floods Behind | Salt Lake City News
Wildfires aren’t just about flames—they’re setting the stage for floods. After the Cottonwood Fire scorched 97,000 acres in Utah, monsoon rains turned the ash-covered land into a flash flood disaster, destroying homes, roads, and water systems. Forest Service Chief Tom Schultz warns that decades of neglected forest management have created tinderboxes, fueling bigger, hotter fires—and when rain hits, the soil collapses, triggering catastrophic floods. Bureaucratic delays and lawsuits are blocking critical forest thinning and fuel reduction efforts, creating a dangerous cycle. The Forest…
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