Crews
worked to clear roadways and undertake avalanche mitigation in the
Cottonwood Canyons in Utah in the early hours of Thursday, April 6, amid
record-breaking snowfall.This
video released by the Utah Department of Transport (
UDOT) Cottonwood Canyons shows a crew working along a snow-lined roadway.The department
said late on Tuesday that State Route 190 was closed due to slide-offs and increasing avalanche hazard and some parts were still
closed by Thursday for avalanche mitigation by helicopter.State Route 210 had
also been closed due to the snowfall and
remained closed by Thursday morning. The department
said on Wednesday, “This amount of snow is unprecedented.”The National Weather Service
said by Wednesday, Salt Lake City International Airport had received the most snow in April since 1984. Credit:
UDOT Cottonwood Canyons via Storyful