That is exactly what happened on August 12, 1997: a sudden storm 15 miles away quickly turned the slot canyon into a death trap for 11 international hikers who were just wrapping up a quick tour through the canyon with a guide, who narrowly survived the disaster.

Mar 4, 2014 · But on Aug. 12, 1997, it was the scene of a natural disaster. Two groups of sightseers, 12 people in all, were on the sandy floor of the narrow slot canyon that summer afternoon. As they took...

Sep 15, 2015 · In the past 20 years, at least 68 people have died during flash floods across Arizona, according to the National Weather Service. One of the deadliest floods happened Aug. 12, 1997, when a...

Aug 14, 1997 · Flash flood from cloudburst 15 miles away fills narrow Antelope Canyon, Ariz, with wall of water 11 feet high, trapping 12 hikers; Pancho Quintane, guide, is sole known survivor; one body is...

Aug 12, 1997 · NCDC: “Eleven hikers and tourists were drowned by a flash flood in a narrow slot canyon 5 miles southeast of Page. A severe thunderstorm 3 to 5 miles upstream produced very heavy rain causing a 10-30 foot wall of water to crash down Antelope Canyon.

- A flash flood sent an 11-foot wall of water crashing through a normally dry canyon no wider than a hallway in places, sweeping away a dozen hikers. One person survived and 11 were feared dead Wednesday.

Dec 1, 2013 · Sixteen years ago a flash flood wiped out a tour group he led into Antelope Canyon near Page, Ariz. Eleven people died; he alone lived. Now he's written a book, wrestling with the demons that...

Aug 15, 1997 · The body of one female hiker, in her twenties, was found Wednesday, in a branching creek of Lower Antelope Canyon. Her clothes were filled with heavy silt. Two more bodies were recovered today.

Jul 8, 2024 · On August 12, 1997, 11 tourists were killed by a flash flood in Lower Antelope Canyon and only the guide survived. That incident occurred when Lower Antelope Canyon received scant rainfall and people assumed the canyon would be safe while 7 miles away got hit with a torrential downpour leading to the deadly flash flooding.

Sep 30, 1997 · Twelve hikers were swept away Aug. 12 when a flash flood thundered through the narrow, twisting canyon. Only a tour guide survived. Two bodies have yet to be recovered.