Grand Canyon floods breach dam, force evacuations
(Agencies)
Updated: 2008-08-18 20:20
In this photo released by the the National Park Service (NPS), an NPS employee is lowered down to a point overlooking the confluence of Havasu Creek and the Colorado River where one of 16 stranded rafters is waiting to be short hauled out. An earthen dam broke near the Grand Canyon early Sunday after heavy rains that forced officials to pluck hundreds of residents and campers from the gorge by helicopter. [Agencies] |
