Natural Disasters · Multiple sources
Two dead and more than a dozen missing after 'terrifying' flash flood hits Grand Canyon
"It was a beautiful day - and then people were screaming," one hiker tells the BBC, as 14 people are missing.
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- 31 Aug 2026, 12:37 CEST → 31 Aug 2026, 22:47 CEST
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In the US, a flash flood in the Grand Canyon National Park over the weekend forced the evacuation of dozens of people and left some 15 people missing. It swept away large boulders, metal structures into the Colorado River and also knocked out a water pipeline serving tourists in the park. On August 30, more than 60 peo...
Major flash flooding in the Grand Canyon has forced evacuations from the tourist hotspot.
"It was a beautiful day - and then people were screaming," one hiker tells the BBC, as 14 people are missing.
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