Following more than a hundred rescues due to flash floods in Grand Canyon National Park, the body of a missing hiker was found along the Colorado River on Sunday. The National Park Service reports that search and rescue efforts got underway on Thursday after hiker Chenoa Nickerson, 33, was washed into Havasu Creek in the park due to flash floods. Her body was found on Sunday on the Colorado River close to mile 176 by a commercial river trip company.
According to a press release issued by the park service on Sunday, an investigation is being carried out by them and the medical examiner for Coconino County.
Additionally, because of dangerous floods, the Havasupai Tribe’s grounds were in a canyon, and the Arizona National Guard had to utilize a UH-60 Blackhawk helicopter to evacuate 104 visitors and tribal members. Monsoon storm-related flooding on Thursday resulted in multiple emergency evacuations and a closure of the area to tourists by local authorities.
In Grand Canyon National Park, ground searchers make their way through Havasu Creek following flash floods. The Havasupai Tribal Council said in a news release on Saturday that tribal elders have also closed the isolated community of Supai, which is situated eight miles below the Grand Canyon’s rim. According to KNXV, Arizona Governor Katie Hobbs called upon the Arizona National Guard to support rescue operations on the Havasupai Indian Reservation, which is encircled by Grand Canyon National Park. According to CNN meteorologists, there won’t be any rain in the area in the upcoming days. […]
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