(August 26, 1999) Updated assessment of damage from the Salt Lake tornado:

• Overall losses-- est. $170-million

• Damaged homes reported-- 387 (5 destroyed, 30 with major structural damage)

• Debris removal in impacted neighborhoods is essentially complete.

• Trees impacted-- 806 (531 destroyed, 275 damaged).

• Memory Grove trees-- 412 destroyed, 66 damaged.

• The cleanup of Memory Grove remains a large task. The devastation there calls for the development of a rebuilding plan. It is an opportunity to remedy some of the former problems there. The City will lead a public process to make the park better than it was before the tornado.