Flooding closes Canyon Road

Image: Summit Creek rushes over Canyon Road near 1250 East.

Summit Creek rushes over Canyon Road near 1250 East. (Dave South)

Image: Brent Sinykin drinks his morning coffee and watches as a torrent rushes by.

Brent Sinykin drinks his morning coffee and watches as a torrent rushes by. (Dave South)

Image: Summit Creek flowing back into the channel.

Summit Creek flowing back into the channel. (Dave South)

Image: At midnight the culvert plugged and ran water down Canyon Road.

At midnight the culvert plugged and ran water down Canyon Road. (Dave South)

Image: Some of the debris pulled by back-hoe from the culvert under Canyon Road.

Some of the debris pulled by back-hoe from the culvert under Canyon Road. (Dave South)

Image: City crews successfully sandbagged the road to force the creek back into the channel

City crews successfully sandbagged the road to force the creek back into the channel (Dave South)

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