Show MORE RAIN DUE IN FLOOD AREA Threat of or more mora rain Thursday hung over Utah throwing new fear into residents of central and northS northern northern north north- S em ern parts of the state still struggling gling cling to recover tr from m the tho effect of o Tuesdays Tuesday's cloudburst I Preliminary reports Indicated that tho the total damage to crops public utilities roads and irrigation s systems stems s- s in scattered portions of Utah would run Into thousands of dollars Muddy 1 Vater Water Muddy drinking ng water was the principal effect of of the sudden storm noted in Salt Sait Lake City Cloudbursts have hae given Brighton inches of rain this week am amas and as a result the c water from Big and Little Cottonwood canyons is extremely extremely ex ex- cloudy city water department depart depart- meat ment officials reported Mud still coated several sections cf of the state highway system Thursay Thursday Thursday Thurs Thurs- day ay but road commission engineers reported that nil all highways were passable and that the task of scrapIng scraping scrap scrap- ing th the rest of ot the flood debris off Was awaiting drying of the mud Severe Deluge U. U S. S forest service officials re reported reported reported re- re ported that the rainstorm that wept swept over the upper tributaries of Farmington armIngton canyon and caused a flood runoff that thab cut a n new channel 25 feet deep and 25 feet wide was the most severe deluge since 1923 When floodwaters claimed six lives Flood control work done by C C C enrollees pr prevented vented serious damage in the Davis county area Repair work was being rushed Thursday y on en the waterworks and rower power ower facilities at Ephraim Basements Basements Basements Base Base- ments were being drained of floodWaters floodwaters floodwaters flood- flood waters in several central Utah com corn Farmers in the vicinity of ManU Manti anti North Provo Springville and Willard reported that mud flows had caused extensive damage to growing crops Unsettled Weather Unsettled weather probably accompanied accompanied accompanied ac ac- ac- ac companied Dy showers and thunderstorms thunderstorms thunder thunder- storms is predicted for Salt Lake City and western Utah Thursday night and Friday by federal weather men Little change in temperature is expected over the state The maximum maxi maxi- mum num here Wednesday was 89 degrees degrees de de- dc- dc grees and the average temperature of or 80 was 3 degrees above normal Highest temperatures Friday are expected to range be between veen 85 and GO 60 degrees in this locality S A few light rains were reported Wednesday Utah Light I company substations listing 26 of an inch precipitation at Soldier Summit 12 at Eureka O 04 at Helper and a trace at the Salt Lake terminaL ter- ter minaL |