This is just the beginning Weber County scrambles to fill in the gaps in levee break as river overflows 3 By SCOTT SCHWEBKE and MICHAEL McFALL Standard-Examiner staff Farms, homes and businesses flooded throughout the county Tuesday thanks to rising temperatures and a lot more snow than normal in the mountains. Four earthen levees along the Weber River breached Tuesday, flooding farmland and sending dozens of volunteers scrambling to fill sandbags to protect homes. Three levees were breached and one broke along the river between 4700 West and 5900 West, said Weber County Emergency Management Director Lance Peterson. Dozens of volunteers were sent to the West Weber Cemetery after the levee northeast of 4700 West broke around 11 a.m., leaving a gaping 30-foot- wide hole that enabled a torrent of water to escape, said Weber County Commissioner Kerry Gibson. "We are strictly in a defensive mode," Gibson said Tues- High-water woes City 1975 Standard-Examiner Standard day afternoon while helping to coordinate the stockpiling of sandbags at the cemetery. The rushing water made repairs to the levee impossible, so volunteers concentrated Tuesday night on placing sandbags in strategic locations around houses, he said. The levee break left several feet of water standing in farm fields that less than a day ago were dry. WWW STANDARD. NET SLIDESHOW: See more images of flooding VIDEO: Footage of the flooding in Weber County INSIDE: More on flooding in the Top of Utah/7A, 10A "I'm concerned because we are in the planting season right now," Gibson said, adding that farm sheds and outbuildings are the only structures damaged by the flood so far in western Weber County. A large amount of alfalfa also has been destroyed, Gibson said. "It's going to be a significant financial burden to farmers," he said of the crop loss. Several hundred volun teers have been working since Monday, putting down sandbags near homes and property in an area spanning from 4700 West to the West Warren boundaries. More than 25 homes in that area were protected Monday and early Tuesday morning, said Gibson, who estimated that about 25,000 sandbags had been used. Brian and Debbie Lee, along with their three children, traveled from their home in West Point to the West Weber Cemetery to fill sandbags and help a friend who lives in the area. Debbie Lee said it was her husband's idea to volunteer. "He thought we could help." Flooding began Monday when persistent rain fell throughout Northern Utah at elevations of 8,000 feet, melting snowpack in the mountains and filling the Weber River below. As temperatures increase and snowpack melt continues, the area could see another round of flooding in the coming days, Gibson said. "We need cooler, dry weather." Chase Bastian, a volunteer who took a Standard-Examiner reporter by four-wheeler on a tour of water-ravaged farmland April 20, 2011 47