Weird weather: A thunderstorm gives northern Utah a soak, a dust storm leads to a deadly interstate crash, and wildfire smoke drifts in from the west

It’s been a weird summer, in terms of the Utah weather.

On August 1, northern Utah was hit with a sizable thunderstorm that caused flooding in the Salt Lake City streets. It was a good drenching, but not enough to completely alleviate the drought Utah is suffering, a University of Utah weather expert told me.

The state also has been seeing a lot of smoke in the air, blowing in from wildfires in California and Oregon. I wrote up a guide for what people should do when the air reaches unhealthy levels.

And I wrote about a freak dust storm that kicked up in Millard County, causing a 22-vehicle crash that left eight people dead, including five members of one family.