One person dead, several injured in US Grand Canyon flash flood

The NPS warned that flash floods are common in the desert southwest, including northern Arizona.

Phoenix: A flash flood in the US Grand Canyon National Park killed a female tourist, while multiple others were reportedly injured, the National Park Service (NPS) said. According to a statement issued by the NPS on Saturday, the authorities received a report on July 14 saying two individuals were missing and multiple people injured after a flash flood struck a campsite on the Colorado River. After rescue teams arrived at the scene amid active monsoonal weather, they sent five people to nearby hospitals in two days by helicopter, reports Xinhua news agency citing the statement as saying.