{"id":222731,"date":"2026-09-01T13:22:42","date_gmt":"2026-09-01T13:22:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/deadly-grand-canyon-flooding-usa-today\/"},"modified":"2026-09-01T13:22:42","modified_gmt":"2026-09-01T13:22:42","slug":"deadly-grand-canyon-flooding-usa-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/deadly-grand-canyon-flooding-usa-today\/","title":{"rendered":"Deadly Grand Canyon flooding &#8211; USA Today"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome to September, Daily Briefing readers.<br \/><em><strong><a href=https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/nicolefallert\/ data-t-l=:b|z|k|\u2691u class=gnt_ar_b_a>Nicole Fallert<\/a><\/strong><\/em> here, <a href=\/videos\/pets-animals\/dog\/2026\/08\/28\/mans-proposal-plan-depended-on-two-very-good-dogs\/91476797007\/ data-t-l=:b|e|k|\u2691u class=gnt_ar_b_a>watching these dogs help a cute engagement<\/a>.<br \/><a href=\/story\/travel\/experience\/national-parks\/2026\/08\/30\/grand-canyon-national-park-flash-floods-evacuations\/91538306007\/ data-t-l=:b|e|k|\u2691u class=gnt_ar_b_a>Flooding at the Grand Canyon<\/a>\u00a0has left at\u00a0<a href=\"\/story\/news\/local\/arizona\/2026\/08\/31\/grand-canyon-flooding-kills-1-what-to-know\/91541628007\/?gnt-cfr=1&#038;gca-cat=p&#038;gca-uir=true&#038;gca-epti=z114140p002850c002850e1113xxv114140d--50--b--50--&#038;gca-ft=57&#038;gca-ds=sophi\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=_blank data-t-l=:b|e|k|\u2691u class=gnt_ar_b_a>least two people dead<\/a>\u00a0and at least one person unaccounted for, according to the National Park Service. The park\u2019s chief ranger said it\u2019s unclear if there were additional day hikers missing.<br \/><strong>The cause:<\/strong> As rain falls on the dry, arid slopes in the region, <a href=\/story\/graphics\/2026\/08\/31\/grand-canyon-flash-flood-death-toll-maps\/91547036007\/ data-t-l=:b|e|k|\u2691u class=gnt_ar_b_a>large volumes of water can quickly flow into creeks and waterways<\/a>. Burn scars on the landscape wildfires <a href=\/videos\/travel\/experience\/2026\/08\/31\/colorado-river-swells-after-grand-canyon-flood-prompts-evacuations\/91546197007\/ data-t-l=:b|e|k|\u2691u class=gnt_ar_b_a>rapidly funnel water<\/a> into downslope torrents.<br \/><strong>Have a trip planned?<\/strong> The Canyon as a <a href=\/story\/travel\/experience\/national-parks\/2026\/08\/31\/grand-canyon-national-park-flash-flooding-travel\/91545103007\/ data-t-l=:b|e|k|\u2691u class=gnt_ar_b_a>whole remains open for visitors<\/a> with partial closures and restrictions.<br \/><strong><span style=text-decoration:underline>Take a look<\/span><\/strong><br \/>Sandra Bullock and Nicole Kidman <a href=\/picture-gallery\/entertainment\/movies\/2026\/08\/31\/practical-magic-2-premiere-los-angeles-photos\/91555552007\/ data-t-l=:b|e|k|\u2691u class=gnt_ar_b_a>bring the Owens sisters back<\/a> in &#8220;Practical Magic 2,&#8221; the long-awaited sequel to the 1998 film.<br \/><strong><span style=text-decoration:underline>Things to talk about<\/span><\/strong><br \/>Ten-year-old Charlotte <a href=\/picture-gallery\/life\/health-wellness\/2026\/09\/01\/kids-special-education-school-shortage-care-photos\/91550311007\/ data-t-l=:b|e|k|\u2691u class=gnt_ar_b_a>has the mental capacity of a 12-18 month old<\/a>, and likely will for the rest of her life. Her public school district recommended months ago that she\u00a0switch\u00a0to a private, residential school. But her parents, Matthew Lange-Geise and Christina Hartman, say <a href=\/story\/life\/health-wellness\/2026\/09\/01\/kids-special-education-school-shortage-care\/90851980007\/ data-t-l=:b|e|k|\u2691u class=gnt_ar_b_a>it could take several more months, or even years, before they find a school<\/a> that can serve Charlotte.<br \/><small><em>Have feedback on the Daily Briefing?\u00a0Shoot\u00a0Nicole an email at\u00a0NFallert@usatoday.com<\/em><\/small>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMirAFBVV95cUxQNkx6X1JFSXRpaGVxVWI1c1lMNGdfVGZ1RkdmRDZNaEJNWHpGOU9jdmZsRmN4MHd3cHdjNmVBQ25lVl9EdXBpZXI1QV84QnBINjBjcUFFb3RPd0k0dVVLNE9jRlpmcVl1UDRUY2NMbjFzcVVIVWZQSk9xYWp0RlB0MFVTaHNpaFZFcl85V1NXRGtKVXEyYTkwUVc4X29PTFd1V1U4R3c0S1pRdnBj?oc=5\">source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome to September, Daily Briefing readers.Nicole Fallert here, watching these dogs help a cute engagement.Flooding at the Grand Canyon\u00a0has left at\u00a0least two people dead\u00a0and at least one person unaccounted for, according to the National Park Service. The park\u2019s chief ranger said it\u2019s unclear if there were additional day hikers missing.The cause: As rain falls on [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":222732,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-222731","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-us","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/222731","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=222731"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/222731\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/222732"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=222731"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=222731"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=222731"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}