Flash Flood In Slot Canyon In Utah
EMERY COUNTY, Utah -- Two young girls after a flash flood occurred in slot canyons in Emery County Monday afternoon.
Little Wild Horse Canyon is considered a popular, family friendly trail that displays awe-inspiring colorful stone walls, but flash flooding is a risk in the narrow formations known as a slot canyons. It produced heavy rain and nickel-sized hail. It fell over Little Wild Horse Canyon, a popular slot canyon for hikers near Goblin Valley State Park, and caused a flash flood that sadly took the lives of two young girls from Northern Utah.
- EMERY COUNTY — A 7-year-old girl died Monday and her 3-year-old sister's body was found on Tuesday after flash floods swept through the slot canyons near Goblin Valley State Park in southeastern.
- EMERY COUNTY, Utah - Two young girls after a flash flood occurred in slot canyons in Emery County Monday afternoon. Sheriff Greg Funk said early Tuesday morning that a 7-year-old Utah girl was.
Sheriff Greg Funk said early Tuesday morning that a 7-year-old Utah girl was caught up in the flood and swept away, and that they were searching for her 3-year-old sister.
Later Tuesday, Emery County Sheriff's Office Capt. Kyle Ekker told FOX 13 that the 3-year-old's body has been found.
The girls' father found the 7-year-old Monday and attempted to revive her, but she had passed away, Sheriff Funk said.
Surviving members of the family were swept three miles down the narrow slot canyon. The 3-year-old's body was found nearly 30 miles away, spotted by a helicopter on the bank of the Muddy Creek wash near Hanksville.
Around 70 people took part in the search with the help of helicopters and dogs.
“It was a very emotional search for all involved,' sheriff's office spokeswoman Janalee Luke said. 'They have children, they have grandchildren, and any time you throw a child in the mix, it brings a lot of emotion.”
At least 21 people made it out safely.
The hike is an eight mile loop that normally takes about four hours to complete.
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