SUPAI, Ariz. –
The physique of an Arizona lady who went lacking within the Grand Canyon Nationwide Park after a flash flood days earlier was recovered Sunday, park rangers mentioned.
The physique of Chenoa Nickerson, 33, from the Phoenix suburb of Gilbert, Arizona, was found by a gaggle rafting down the Colorado River by the Grand Canyon round 11:30 a.m. Sunday, the park mentioned in an announcement.
Rangers recovered Nickerson’s physique, which was transported to the rim by helicopter and transferred to the Coconino County Medical Examiner’s workplace.
Nationwide Park Service officers mentioned Nickerson was swept into Havasu Creek above the Colorado River confluence round 1:30 p.m. Thursday. She wasn’t sporting a life jacket.
Nickerson was climbing alongside Havasu Creek a few half-mile (800 metres) from the place it meets up with the Colorado River when the flash flood struck.
Nickerson’s husband was among the many greater than 100 individuals safely evacuated.
The flood trapped a number of hikers within the space above and beneath Beaver Falls, certainly one of a sequence of often blue-green waterfalls that draw vacationers from all over the world to the Havasupai Tribe’s reservation. The realm is vulnerable to flooding that turns its iconic waterfalls chocolate brown.
Different hikers made it to the village, about two miles (3.2 kilometres) from the campground, the place they awaited helicopter rides out.
Gov. Katie Hobbs activated the Arizona Nationwide Guard, together with Blackhawk helicopters, to assist evacuate hikers from the village.
Guard officers mentioned an estimated 104 tribal members and vacationers close to Havasupai Falls have been evacuated since Thursday after floodwaters left them stranded.
The Havasupai Tribe’s reservation is likely one of the most distant within the continental U.S., accessible solely by foot, mule or helicopter.
Helicopter evacuations started after bridges have been washed away and rescuers fanned out amid a sequence of towering waterfalls.
The medical expert’s workplace and park service are investigating her loss of life.
