Thehawk · Climate · 2026-09-01
At least two dead after flash flood in US Grand Canyon
Los Angeles, Sep 1 (IANS) Two bodies have been recovered, while more than a dozen people remain missing or unaccounted for following a flash flood in Grand Canyon National Park in the US state of Arizona, authorities said. The "significant flash-flood event" occurred in Bright Angel Canyon and the Phantom Ranch area on Saturday, according to the US National Park Service. Park officials told media that at least 14 other people remain missing or unaccounted for. It urged "anyone who knows of hikers or backpackers who were in the inner canyon along the Bright Angel Creek corridor on August 29, as well as anyone who had a campground reservation in the affected corridor, to provide information to the National Park Service Investigative Services Branch.
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