{"id":2652272,"date":"2026-08-31T11:59:00","date_gmt":"2026-08-31T15:59:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/15-missing-after-deadly-grand-canyon-flash-flood-hits-iconic-lodge\/"},"modified":"2026-08-31T12:27:44","modified_gmt":"2026-08-31T16:27:44","slug":"15-missing-after-deadly-grand-canyon-flash-flood-hits-iconic-lodge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/15-missing-after-deadly-grand-canyon-flash-flood-hits-iconic-lodge\/","title":{"rendered":"15 Missing After Deadly Grand Canyon Flash Flood Hits Iconic Lodge"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2F15-missing-after-deadly-grand-canyon-flash-flood-hits-iconic-lodge%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2652272&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/flooding-in-india-leaves-79-dead-and-140-missing\/\" title=\"India&#039;s ...ing claims 79 lives, with 140 still ....\">recent flash flood<\/a> in the Grand Canyon caused significant destruction,resulting in one confirmed death and approximately 15 people reported missing. the flood was triggered by heavy rain, with up to an inch falling in about 20 minutes on a rocky slope after smaller storms, leading to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/at-least-2-buildings-destroyed-in-flooding-in-alaskas-capital-from-glacial-lake-water-release\/\" title=\"2 buildings destroyed in Alaska&#039;s capital due to ...ing from glacial lake water release.\">rapid flooding<\/a> in Bright angel Canyon and the Phantom Ranch area. The deluge destroyed infrastructure including bridges,the only water pipeline for tourists and residents,and caused landslides and debris flows.Rescue efforts evacuated at least 62 individuals, with many still unaccounted for. The event has raised concerns about potential extensive and costly damage to the canyon\u2019s terrain and facilities. Authorities and the public are seeking information about missing hikers and campers in the affected area, and further flash floods are anticipated. the National Park Service has canceled overnight stays and continues to coordinate search and recovery operations.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><br \/>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>One person was killed and 15 others were missing after floods raged through the Grand Canyon on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>The flash flood sent boulders into the Colorado River and ruined the only pipeline that provided drinkable water to tourists and residents, the National Park Service said, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.abc15.com\/news\/state\/national-park-service-says-at-least-20-possibly-missing-unaccounted-for-after-grand-canyon-flash-flood\">KNXV-TV<\/a>. Footbridges were wiped out as well.<\/p>\n<p>Officials said they found the body of a 46-year-old man but provided no additional details.<\/p>\n<p>Parth Desai was hiking along a narrow passage in Bright Angel Canyon when the rain began on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe saw the creek flood, waterfalls coming up out of nowhere, boulders, mud, landslides happening everywhere,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">A deadly wall of water tore through the Grand Canyon over the weekend, leaving one person dead and about 15 others missing as crews race to search the devastated terrain.<\/p>\n<p>The flash flood ripped through Bright Angel Canyon and the Phantom Ranch area, destroying nearly all\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/UEbUFEAPjx\">pic.twitter.com\/UEbUFEAPjx<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Fox News (@FoxNews) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/FoxNews\/status\/2094427150883414502?\">August 31, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>  As they approached Phantom Ranch, a colleague shouted \u201cUp, Up, Up, Up!\u201d as a 4-foot-high wall of debris came for them. They made it to safety and were later evacuated.<\/p>\n<p>Jack Schmidt, director of the Center for Colorado River Studies at Utah State University, said the flood damage could prove to be extensive and expensive.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHeaven help us if the whole thing down there at the bottom has to be reconstructed,\u201d he said. \u201cWhere are they going to get the money?\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">\ud83d\udea8<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/hashtag\/BREAKING?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#BREAKING<\/a>: Absolutely HORRIFYING footage from the Grand Canyon shows what appears to be an entire bunkhouse floating downriver with debris after flash flooding ripped through Bright Angel Canyon.<\/p>\n<p>Over 60 people have been evacuated, 15 are still missing.<\/p>\n<p>PLEASE PRAY!!!!! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/lMEdClM9Qd\">pic.twitter.com\/lMEdClM9Qd<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Matt Van Swol (@mattvanswol) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/mattvanswol\/status\/2094231461100486762?\">August 31, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>About half an inch to one inch of rain fell within about 20 minutes on a rocky slope after two smaller storms, National Weather Service meteorologist Darren McCollum said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo when the main storm moved in, torrential rain fell on everything that was already soaked, and that caused all the problems that we\u2019re seeing,\u201d McCollum said.<\/p>\n<p>On Sunday, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nps.gov\/grca\/learn\/news\/public-assistance-requested-to-account-for-individuals-following-grand-canyon-flash-flood.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">National Park Service<\/a> issued an appeal to find those who were missing.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe National Park Service is asking the public to provide information for approximately 15 individuals who may be missing or unaccounted for following a significant flash-flood event in Bright Angel Canyon and the Phantom Ranch area on August 29,\u201d it posted.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">additional video released by the <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" ><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jeep-pauses-springsteen-ad-following-dwi-arrest-report\/\" title=\"Jeep Pauses Springsteen Ad Following DWI Arrest Report\">national park service<\/a> shows bright angel creek flash flooding<\/a> near the phantom ranch ranger station in the grand canyon saturday evening. 15 people remain unaccounted for. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/d1DfTDmFFq\">https:\/\/t.co\/d1DfTDmFFq<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/TJG5ZFxUYA\">pic.twitter.com\/TJG5ZFxUYA<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Michael Rusch (@weeddude) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/weeddude\/status\/2094221620064010251?\">August 31, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe National Park Service is asking 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,\u201d it added.<\/p>\n<p>Forecasters said more flash floods are possible Monday, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/news\/us-news\/20-missing-grand-canyon-extreme-flash-flooding-rcna595197\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NBC News<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>As it is, the flooding forced the National Park Service to cancel or ban overnight stays.<\/p>\n<p>Through Sunday morning, 62 people had been evacuated.<\/p>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f7f7f7; 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The sudden flash flood carried boulders into the Colorado River and damaged the sole pipeline supplying drinking water to visitors and locals, according to the National Park Service via KNXV-TV. Additionally, footbridges were destroyed. Authorities confirmed they found a 46-year-old man&#8217;s body but did not release further details. Parth Desai was hiking in Bright Angel Canyon when heavy rain began Saturday, causing flooding, waterfalls, landslides, and debris everywhere. A wall of water nearly four feet high swept through Bright Angel Canyon and Phantom Ranch area, destroying most structures. As they neared Phantom Ranch, a colleague shouted for them to escape as debris approached; they reached safety and were later evacuated. Jack Schmidt from Utah State University warned that flood damage could be extensive and costly if reconstruction is needed at the canyon&#8217;s bottom. Footage shows a bunkhouse floating downstream amid debris after flash flooding; over 60 people have been evacuated with 15 still missing. About half an inch to an inch of rain fell within 20 minutes on already soaked rocky slopes after smaller storms, intensifying flooding risks according to meteorologist Darren McCollum. The National Park Service has appealed for information about missing hikers or campers in the affected areas from August 29th; more flash floods are forecasted for Monday, leading to cancellations of overnight stays-62 evacuations had occurred by Sunday morning<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2652273,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Ben-Working-Feature-Image-70.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[43427,39202,33705,84922,38396],"class_list":["post-2652272","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-flash-flood","tag-grand-canyon","tag-missing-persons","tag-nature-disaster","tag-travel-safety"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Ben-Working-Feature-Image-70.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2652272","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2652272"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2652272\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2652297,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2652272\/revisions\/2652297"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2652273"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2652272"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2652272"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2652272"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}