CEDAR CITY – Although the danger of the summer’s Brian Head Fire has passed, the blackened and ashy landscape left in the fire’s wake now poses another risk.

“We are all very concerned about the watersheds. We can almost predict flooding in August as the monsoon season moves in, which means we’re likely going to have some problems,” Brian Cottam, director for Utah Division of Forestry, Fire and State Lands, said. “There’s no sugarcoating it. We are going to be dealing with issues resulting from the Brian Head Fire for years to come.”

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