More than 100 people evacuated from flooding near the South Rim of the Grand Canyon

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Authorities reported that More than 100 people were evacuated Tuesday from hotels and residences near the South Rim of the Grand Canyon in Arizona.while others were asked to shelter in place due to flooding caused by heavy rains.

Agents were dispatched to the Coconino County city of Tusayan, south of the Grand Canyon’s south entrance, after receiving reports of flooding due to heavy rain in the area around 4pm local time on Tuesdaythe Sheriff’s Office reported in a Facebook post.

Over 100 hotel residents and guests were “displaced” and relocated to wait out the flooding, and about 70 Grand Canyon Unified School District students also had to take shelter on school propertybut were later “returned home,” the sheriff’s office said.

No injuries were reported in connection with the flooding.

Highway US 64 was also closed when water levels reached three feet, but has since reopened.

Coconino County said in a statement posted on X, formally known as Twitter, that “a significant rainfall event” had impacted Coconino Washa waterway east of Tusayan.

“Emergency notifications advising people in flood-affected areas to shelter in place until the water subsides have been sent through the County’s RAVE Emergency Notifications System,” he said.

Noting the closure of Highway 64, the Grand Canyon National Park Service urged visitors to “avoid all travel to and from Tusayan until further notice” and said travel to and from the South Rim of the Grand Canyon was not recommended. Canyon.

In a later update announcing the highway’s reopening around 9:30 p.m. local time, he said the closures had been lifted but power outages continued in Tusayan as crews worked to clear flood-damaged areas.

The National Weather Service in Flagstaff extended a flood watch for the area until 10 a.m. local time Wednesday. in areas like Tusayan and the South Rim of the Grand Canyon, “due to continued flooding caused by excessive rains on Tuesday.”

The City of Tusayan promotes itself as the “Gateway to the Grand Canyon” on its website, saying the community’s history goes back almost to the beginning of Grand Canyon National Park in 1919.

The Union of Conscious Scientists (UCS) reported on Tuesday about flood alerts from eastern California to Nevada, southwestern Utah, western Oregon, central and western Idaho, and southwestern Texas.

They indicated that more than 103 million people in the United States are currently living under alerts for extreme weather conditions. which include floods, high temperatures, tropical storms and situations conducive to forest fires.

counting at extreme heat conditions they cover counties in Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, Nebraska, South Dakota, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa, Illinos, Indiana, Missouri, Arkansas, Louisiana, Tennessee, Georgia, and Mississippi.

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