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Three women survive five-hour ordeal clinging to rock in Grand Canyon flash flood
Three hikers survived a perilous flash flood in the Grand Canyon by clinging to a rock ledge for five hours as debris and water surged around them. A rescue helicopter located and extracted the stranded women after they became separated during the disaster.
LSN India ·
Three women endured a harrowing survival experience in the Grand Canyon after being caught in a sudden and violent flash flood. The hikers managed to reach a rock ledge where they remained for five hours, gripping the outcrop as dangerous debris and floodwaters swept past their precarious refuge.
During their ordeal, the women were temporarily separated from one another, each fearing that the others had been swept away by the powerful current. The isolation and uncertainty added to the psychological strain of their life-threatening situation as they waited for rescue.
A helicopter rescue team located the stranded hikers and successfully extracted them from their ledge, bringing them to safety. Their rescue was completed as part of response operations to a larger flash flood event in the Grand Canyon area that resulted in multiple casualties.
The incident highlights the dangers posed by sudden weather events in the canyon, where flash floods can develop rapidly and with little warning to hikers in the area.