Grand Canyon flood: Search persists for missing hiker [Video]

SUPAI, Ariz. –

Search and rescue crews at Grand Canyon National Park were searching for an Arizona woman nearly two days after she was swept into a creek during a flash flood, the woman’s sister said on social media Saturday.

Chenoa Nickerson of Gilbert was hiking in Havasu Creek, about a half-mile (800 metres) from where it meets up with the Colorado River, when the flash flood struck Thursday in the early afternoon.

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The National Park Service said the 33-year-old stayed overnight at a campground near the village of Supai on the Havasupai reservation, deep in a gorge off the Grand Canyon.

The flood trapped several hikers in the area above and below Beaver Falls, one of a series of usually blue-green waterfalls that draw tourists from around the world to the Havasupai Tribe’s reservation. The area …