WASHINGTON COUNTY, Utah (ABC4) — The National Weather Service has issued an increased flash flood threat for southern Utah, and after seeing flooding in areas like Pine Valley and Gunlock over the weekend, officials said they're already taking action to keep residents safe.

Over the past few days, heavy rain has already caused flooding in parts of Washington County. Now, with more storms on the way, emergency crews are getting ahead of it before conditions worsen.

"What we're doing is we're back out doing sandbagging and staging and placing some of our different employees up in the area to make sure that we're monitoring what's happening," Bridgette Butynski with Washington County Emergency Services told ABC4.

Crews have been monitoring low-lying areas and setting up sandbags around flo

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