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Fifteen people missing after Grand Canyon flash flood
Torrents of water have wiped out footbridges and significantly altered the landscape, as evacuations are underway.
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- Why it matters
- A rapid water surge has destroyed infrastructure and displaced people at a popular, remote location where rescue operations will be complicated by terrain and the ongoing search for missing individuals.
- Most affected
- The fifteen missing people and those in the flood zone — At immediate risk; evacuations underway to prevent further casualties.
Grand Canyon visitors and park users — Access and operations disrupted; landscape and infrastructure altered. - Likely next
- Whether the search locates the missing people and updates to the casualty count.
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