Moab faces myriad flood issues [Video]

Roughly half of the damages to homes and other structures caused by a pair of brief but violent storms on June 21 and again six days later could be attributed to high winds rather than floods, according to City of Moab Community Development Director Michael Black.

Black offered an update on the storms at the June 9 Moab City Council meeting, telling councilors and Mayor Joette Langianese that the storms, while destructive, did not impact the structural integrity of most structures in town — to the best of his knowledge. Sediment and debris fanned out from Mill Creek and onto private and public property, and entered homes in some instances, but it doesn’t look like any structures were unmoored from their foundations.

Black did say the city wants to be made aware of impacts.

In the meantime, bank stabilization along Mill Creek is underway and sidewalks on the parkway are …