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Provo City officials, experts detail preliminary findings on Buckley Draw fire mudslide
A microburst of intense heavy rainfall last month triggered a mudslide where a burn scar from the Buckley Draw Fire sits along the mountainside in Provo, according to city officials. The weather event on Aug. 27 resulted in a slew of mud that came barreling down the mountain, which overwhelmed the safety measures that were put in place to stop debris flows from the burn scar and spilled into a meetinghouse for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, the city said. The rainfall, which usually wouldn't be problematic, was exacerbated by the lack of vegetation due to the burn ...
