Hikers in Utah Capitol Reef National Park discuss flash flooding

• Capitol Gorge, Grand Wash, and The Scenic Drive all experienced flash floods yesterday.
• Park rangers worked carefully to clean the roads and make them passable.
• Rescued about 60 people from having to spend the night in one parking lot. 

At Capitol Reef National Park, a group of hikers characterized their narrow escape from severe flash flooding as “insanely lucky.”

Noah Gremmert, Orrin Allen, and Cooper Allen went to the Utah park while on a church camping trip.

They reported to the station on Friday that they were five minutes away from reaching a mountain’s summit when it started to rain.

“We’re having a great time and meandering down the canyon as we marvel at the water that is gushing out of the canyon’s walls.

I was looking down at one of the waterfalls when I realized that the road had vanished “Apparently, Orrin said.

The trail had flooded out below them. Three of their five trucks however damaged. Two of the automobiles were drifting in the floodwaters.

They all stuck alongside 50 to 60 other people, and they all cooperated to safely descend the mountain.

The organization however able to give an emergency blanket to a mother who however trapped with a six-month-old baby.

The three young men claimed that a park ranger had informed them that it was the worst flash flood.

She has witnessed this during her fifteen years of employment there.

Capitol Gorge, Grand Wash, and The Scenic Drive all experienced flash floods yesterday. According to a tweet from Capitol Reef National Park.

“These streets however still closed. By 10 p.m. last night, search and rescue crews had successfully rescued every guest from these locations.”

A warning that thunderstorms can form swiftly during the monsoon season, resulting in risky flash floods.

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The park rangers worked carefully to clean the roads and make them passable, saving about 60 people from having to spend the night in one parking lot, according to the sheriff’s office.

In the flood zones, about seven to eight vehicles were damaged.