"The canyoneers along with their families and friends are in our thoughts. "Our heartfelt sympathies go out to those affected by the flash flooding in Keyhole Canyon," Superintendent Jeff Bradybaugh said Thursday night. Authorities are searching for other hikers killed in flash flooding that swept through a narrow canyon at Utah's Zion National Park. 16, 2015, in Zion National Park, near Springdale, Utah. Search and rescue team members carry a body after it was found along Pine Creek, Wednesday, Sept. The park is investigating what led to the deaths and reviewing its policies, but the process for canyon entry permits is decided at the national level and any changes would likely need to come from the top down, park spokesman David Eaker said. Some in the group were new to rappelling and were swimming through narrow canyons in a sport called canyoneering, but park policy prevents rangers from assessing their skill level or stopping them from going, even after repeated warnings of the flood risk Monday. The rest of the victims were found earlier this week.
The park's main road was shut down as downpours caused flash flooding and mudslides, The Salt Lake Tribune reports. Park officials said Linda Arthur's body was found Thursday a few miles from the sandstone gorge where the group got trapped during a violent rainstorm, in an area that had been unreachable previously amid fears of more flooding. 19 Footage captured red floodwater gushing down the main road of Zion National Park Credit: UDOT Region Four Zion National Park received over an inch of rain in just an hour on Tuesday. The Thomas family, from Washington state. The seventh flooding victim was Don Teichner, 55, of Mesquite, Nevada. SALT LAKE CITY ( KUTV) A family of experienced campers got a front-row seat to Tuesday’s flash flooding in Zion National Park, in southern Utah. “Our deepest sympathy goes out to the friends and family,” said Jeff Bradybaugh, Zion national park’s superintendent in the press release.The park listed the California fatalities as Mark MacKenzie, 56, of Valencia Linda Arthur, 57, and Steve Authur, 58, both of Camarillo Gary Favela, 51, of Rancho Cucamonga Muku Reynolds, 59, of Chino and Robin Brum, 53, of Camarillo.
“Once water levels receded, all of the hikers were found except for Agnihotri.” “Flash floods due to monsoon season struck the park and rushing water swept several hikers off of their feet,” according to the press release.
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“While the rest of the group made it to safety, Agnihotri did not,” NPS said, “prompting rangers to embark on a search mission that used swift water trained rescuers, search dogs and more than 170 emergency responders.” Her brother Pujan Agnihotri told local television station KSL-TV that she did not know how to swim.īoth the National Weather Service and Washington County, Utah, had issued flood warnings for the area that day.
student at Arizona State University was hiking with friends through a well-known slot canyon called the Narrows when the group was swept downstream by flash flood waters overtaking the Virgin River. Jetal Agnihotri (Photos: Facebook/Jetal Agnihotri) IRON COUNTY, Utah Flooding was seen in parts of Cedar City Monday afternoon as the National Weather Service issued flash flood warnings for parts of Washington, Iron and Kane County.
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