According to officers, torrential rains that drenched much of the U.S. Southwest earlier this week caused more than $1 million worth of damage to roadways in Nevada county.
Clark County spokeswoman, Stacey Welling, said that nearly 140 homes in Clark County suffered damage and preliminary reports from the county’s public works department put the expense of cleaning and repairing field roadways at around $1.1 million, and they anticipate recovery attempts to take 30 days to complete.
Welling stated that over half of the dirt roads in Sandy Valley, some 50 miles southwest of Las Vegas, would require $427,000 worth of work alone,
She said that the Division of Emergency Services was still working to provide a complete tally of the storm’s harm.
The rains prompted flash-flood warnings for areas of Arizona, California, Nevada and Utah.
Trooper Chelsea Webster of the Nevada Highway Patrol stated emergency workers rescued at least 15 marooned drivers from their cars and police responded to almost 70 accidents in the Las Vegas field tracking the storm.
