3 dead, 4 missing in Zion National Park after flash flooding

Officials at Zion National Park in southern Utah say three people have been killed and four others are missing after heavy rain sent flash floods coursing through a narrow slot canyon.

Park spokeswoman Holly Baker says the three bodies were found Tuesday. She says the group of four men and three women set out Monday before park officials closed slot canyons that evening due to flood warnings.

She says the group was from California and Nevada and were all in their 40s and 50s. She didn’t have further details on their identities.
Rescuers were waiting for water levels to drop before entering the canyon to search for the missing.

The deaths come after 12 people died when fast-moving floodwaters on Monday swept away two vehicles on the Utah-Arizona border, about 20 miles south of the park.