Flash flooding causes major damage to the Grand Canyon’s critical water pipeline

Flash flooding causes major damage to the Grand Canyon’s critical water pipeline  Toronto Star

The sole pipeline that supplies water for millions of Grand Canyon visitors was badly damaged by weekend flash flooding, setting up a tricky repair scenario and upending a yearslong construction project to upgrade the line

Officials have evacuated around 62 people so far from the floods.

A massive flash flood ripped through the Grand Canyon over the weekend, killing at least one person.

A 46-year-old man was found dead in the Colorado River as search and rescue teams race to locate 15 missing hikers in the Grand Canyon area.

Grand Canyon flooding knocks out water pipeline serving tourists at the national park, officials say  AP News

A major flash flood at the Grand Canyon forced the evacuation of dozens of people and swept large boulders, metal structures and other debris into the Colorado River that runs through it, the National Park Service said.

Starting Monday, tourists won’t be able to say overnight at lodges and hotels within Grand Canyon National Park

Officials say flash flooding at the Grand Canyon has knocked out the sole water pipeline that serves tourists and residents at the national park

The catastrophe was triggered by a glacial collapse that sent ice, mud, rocks and fast-moving water surging through a valley in Nepal, wiping out entire settlements in their path.