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Tatahatso Flash Flood following a monsoon rain-July 2018 [NPS Photo/M. Jenkins]
GRAND CANYON, AZ – An Ann Arbor, Michigan woman, Rebecca Copeland, was killed and several other people were injured after they were caught up in a flash flood in Grand Canyon National Park.
According to the National Park service, on July 14 at approximately 6:00 p.m., the Grand Canyon Regional Communications Center received a report of two individuals missing and multiple parties injured after flash flood activity impacted Tatahatso Camp near River Mile 38 on the Colorado River. Grand Canyon Search and Rescue sent two paramedics to the scene to assess and treat patients. Active monsoonal weather in the area limited access to the scene for overnight search and rescue operations.
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Meder was discovered dead on a challenging trail with minimal shade, according to Baird. The sole sources of water were a few tiny streams. The local medical examiner s office is investigating Meder s death to establish the exact cause of death.
According to the National Weather Service, the temperature at Phantom Ranch, near the bottom of the Grand Canyon, hit 116 degrees on Saturday. On Sunday, it reached 115 degrees.
According to the Associated Press, the temperature on the canyon s South Rim is roughly 20 degrees lower than at the bottom.
Summer temperatures on exposed portions of the route may reach above 120 degrees in the shade, according to the Park Service, and rangers advise tourists to avoid trekking in the inner canyon between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. The majority of persons seeking emergency medical assistance in the canyon due to heat sickness do so within these hours, according to the statement.
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GRAND CANYON, Ariz. – A 53-year-old woman died over the weekend at the Grand Canyon from what officials believe was a heat-related illness.
The Grand Canyon Regional Communications Center received a report at around 1:15 p.m. Sunday that a backpacker was experiencing heat illness on the Tonto Trail near Monument Creek, the Grand Canyon National Park said in a news release.
Michelle Meder of Hudson, Ohio, became disoriented and later unconscious while hiking down the Hermit Trail on Saturday during a multiday backpacking trip through the area, the park said.
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