Grand Canyon flash floods leave 15 missing, 62 evacuated as infrastructure damaged

In the steep and ancient corridors of the Grand Canyon, where geology and weather operate on scales indifferent to human presence, a sudden monsoon deluge transformed Bright Angel Canyon's creeks into violent torrents on Saturday afternoon. Within thirty minutes, the canyon floor became a landscape of destruction — footbridges gone, water systems severed, and fifteen people unaccounted for among the millions who visit this place each year trusting in its grandeur. One man's body has been recovered near Crystal Rapids, and with more storms forecast through Monday, the reckoning between human am