{"id":2119888,"date":"2026-08-30T22:32:18","date_gmt":"2026-08-30T19:32:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2119888"},"modified":"2026-08-30T22:32:18","modified_gmt":"2026-08-30T19:32:18","slug":"grand-canyon-engulfed-by-massive-surge-of-brown-water-15-assumed-missing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2119888","title":{"rendered":"Grand Canyon Engulfed by Massive Surge of Brown Water, 15 Assumed Missing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[analyse_image type=&#8221;featured&#8221; src=&#8221;https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/02\/16by9\/2026\/08\/30\/026b701f9c594697987aedcb45e31c0b_xl.jpg&#8221;]<\/p>\n<article class=\"article article--permalink \">\n<header class=\"article__header\">\n<h1 class=\"article__header--headline-title\">Grand Canyon Engulfed by Massive Surge of Brown Water, 15 Assumed Missing<\/h1>\n<h2 class=\"article__header--headline-fragments\"><span class=\"article__header--hf1 text-uppercase h3\">Grand Canyon Raging Muddy Waters<\/span><span class=\"article__header--hf2 text-uppercase h1\">15 People Missing, Over 60 Evacuated<\/span><\/h2>\n<div class=\"social-media-container\" role=\"region\">\n<ul class=\"social social--sm\">\n<li>\n<div class=\"media-swipe\">Breaking News<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"social-item\">\n<li class=\"social-item\">\n<li class=\"social-item\"><\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=tmz.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" class=\"google-preferred-btn js-track-link\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"google-preferred-btn__icon\" src=\"https:\/\/static.tmz.com\/tmz-web\/img\/article\/google-icon.svg\" alt=\"Google\" loading=\"lazy\"><span class=\"google-preferred-btn__title\">Add TMZ on Google<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"byline\">By <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/pages\/about\/\">TMZ Staff<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"date-wrapper\">\n                                                                        Published <time class=\"published-datetime\" datetime=\"2026-08-30T15:32:18-07:00\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/sitemaps\/article\/202608\"><br \/>\n                August 30, 2026<br \/>\n                <\/a><br \/>\n                            3:32 PM PDT<\/time><span class=\"divider\">|<\/span><br \/>\n                                                                Updated <time class=\"updated-datetime\" datetime=\"2026-08-30T17:46:08-07:00\"><br \/>\n                                  August 30, 2026<br \/>\n                                5:46 PM PDT<\/time><\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"article__blocks clearfix\">\n<section id=\"cb-b7aec1320ad828cc09297073be00b018\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-image-block canvas-image-block-permalink canvas-image-block--default  canvas-block-is-first \">\n<div class=\"image-block\"><a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20260830_026b701f9c594697987aedcb45e31c0b\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:cbf6ef96-99c2-4258-9de6-2cb49b42749a\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"img-wrapper\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"eager\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/02\/4by3\/2026\/08\/30\/026b701f9c594697987aedcb45e31c0b_md.jpg\" alt=\"main-Grand-Canyon-getty-1\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"image-block__card-footer\"><span class=\"media-credit image-block__media-credit\">Getty<\/span><\/div>\n<p><\/a><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-6ee13d8b99f2032c78ec846c41f23d84\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>A powerful flash flood tore through the <strong>Grand Canyon<\/strong> &#8230; leaving roughly 15 people unaccounted for and forcing dozens of others to evacuate.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-66f563805018efef90b26a17b0528c02\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>The National Park Service says the major flooding struck Bright Angel Canyon and the Phantom Ranch area Saturday after a series of storms moved through the region.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-caa2a12ea41c335e7f10c104298e307c\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>As of Sunday, Park officials initially estimated as many as 20 people could be missing, but that number has since been revised to approximately 15 as authorities work to account for everyone who may have been in the area.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-d4bed4a81549dde21f2f5fed2ca80ce6\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-twitter-tweet-block canvas-twitter-tweet-block-permalink canvas-twitter-tweet-block--default  \">\n<div id=\"cb-d4bed4a81549dde21f2f5fed2ca80ce6-1826360374-target\" class=\"d-flex justify-content-center\">\n      <a class=\"twitter-timeline\" data-width=\"500\" data-height=\"750\" data-dnt=\"true\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/nicksortor?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">Posts by nicksortor<\/a><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n  <\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-1cf5c4d4131f1a1b9389494740aab3c5\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>At least 62 people have been evacuated, with additional evacuations planned from Cottonwood Campground and Phantom Ranch. No injuries have been reported at this time.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-bd4d9d38735ad672ddf40c243c8e8ecc\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>One hiker, <strong>David Gregory<\/strong>, told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2026\/08\/30\/us\/grand-canyon-flooding-missing-persons\" rel=\"noreferrer\"><strong>CNN<\/strong><\/a> his group realized something was seriously wrong when the creek near their campsite suddenly turned dark with debris and began rushing rapidly. The group was ultimately rescued by helicopter and taken to safety.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-d04169c09a7c197f82a976ed90caf9e4\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-instagram-media-block canvas-instagram-media-block-permalink canvas-instagram-media-block--default  \">\n<div id=\"cb-d04169c09a7c197f82a976ed90caf9e4-1119932769-target\" class=\"d-flex justify-content-center\">\n<p>Waiting for your permission to load the Instagram Media.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p>[analyse_source url=&#8221;https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2026\/08\/30\/grand-canyon-flood-leaves-dozens-missing\/&#8221;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[analyse_image type=&#8221;featured&#8221; src=&#8221;https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/02\/16by9\/2026\/08\/30\/026b701f9c594697987aedcb45e31c0b_xl.jpg&#8221;] Grand Canyon Engulfed by Massive Surge of Brown Water, 15 Assumed Missing Grand Canyon Raging Muddy Waters15 People Missing, Over 60 Evacuated Breaking News Add TMZ on Google By TMZ Staff Published August 30, 2026 3:32 PM PDT| Updated August 30, 2026 5:46 PM PDT Getty A powerful flash flood tore through [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[226,77],"class_list":["post-2119888","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-politics","tag-crawlmanager","tag-tmz-com"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2119888","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2119888"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2119888\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2119888"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2119888"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2119888"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}