Over 100 residents and hotel guests were “displaced” and relocated, and around 70 students had to take shelter on school property due to flooding caused by heavy rains.
More than 100 people were evacuated from hotels and residences near the Grand Canyon's South Rim in Arizona Tuesday, while others were told to shelter in place due to flooding caused by heavy rains, authorities said.
Deputies were dispatched to the town of Tusayan in Coconino County, south of the southern entrance to the Grand Canyon, for reports of flooding due to heavy rainfall in the area at around 4 p.m.
“Emergency notifications advising people in the flood-impacted areas to shelter in place until waters recede have been deployed through the County’s RAVE Emergency Notifications System,” it said. Noting the closure of Highway 64, the Grand Canyon National Park Service urged visitors to “avoid all travel to and from Tusayan until further notice” and said travel to and from the South Rim of the Grand Canyon was not recommended.
In a later update announcing the reopening of the highway at around 9:30 p.m. local time , it said road closures had lifted, but that power outages continued in Tusayan as crews worked to clear areas damaged by the flooding.an areal flood advisory until 10 a.m. local time Wednesday in areas including Tusayan and the Grand Canyon's South Rim,"due to continued flooding caused by excessive rainfall earlier on Tuesday.
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