PROVO, Utah — Acknowledging that hard lessons were learned and will be used to better prepare for the future, Provo City officials on Friday addressed the recent wildfire and mudslides in the area.

Following a fire and debris flow in the city in 2003, Provo thought they were prepared. But just days after last month’s Buckley Draw Fire was extinguished , Mother Nature threw the city a curveball with a once-in-a-10-year storm that dumped nearly an inch of rain on the burn scar in less than 30 minutes.

The result was a 15-acre debris flow down the hillside.

“I don’t think anyone is gonna forget that any day soon," admitted Provo Mayor Michelle Kaufusi.

A Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints chapel took the brunt of the mudslide, leading to an almost immediate response from doze

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