Grand Canyon Rescue Operations; How to Quell Settler Violence in the West Bank
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What happened during the flash‑flood disaster in the Grand Canyon?
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If only we knew. Hi everybody, and welcome to Here's the Scoop from NBC News. I'm Yazin Vesugan. So today on the show, we're talking about something we have been waiting three decades for. All the folks that followed hip hop culture and rap culture and and the murder of Tupac Shakur, Keith D was found guilty and convicted of murder in the death of Tupac Shakur. We're gonna reflect on Tupac's legacy and what this means for rap culture and hip hop culture going forward. Плюс, I spoke with NBC International Correspondent Matt Bradley, who's on the ground for us in Ізраil, and he was in the West Bank over the weekend interviewing Palestinians. Him and his team were actually attacked by Israeli settlers alongside this Palestinian woman.
So I'm gonna talk to him about that, along with how the Israeli government is responding. Up first though, catastrophic flash flooding ripped through the Grand Canyon this weekend, killing two hikers. Dozens of people needed to be rescued, some airlifted out. At least one person is still missing. These stories of survival have been harrowing. It was like the whole trail was being washed out. We were just trying to run. But now there are serious questions about the warning systems in place and real concern over the lasting damage to critical infrastructure. So for this, I want to bring in NBC News correspondent Dana Griffin, who's on the ground for us in the Grand Canyon. Dana, I know that two hikers were killed in the floods.
There's another one that they're still looking for. There are also some concerns about some people. uh that may have been at the campsite. Where are rescue operations now?
So because of the clear skies right now, Yasmin, you can literally see into this vast Grand Canyon. They are able to put boots on the ground, which is a significant progress to yesterday when we had uh rainfall and thunderstorms. It hampered a lot of the search and rescue. They say they've already done a lot of the helicopter work, so now they have to go in by foot and try to find some of these hikers. Now the thing that helped them to realize That there was only one person that they were looking for, they had to check the permit records. They checked the vehicle license plates of the cars that were left in parking lots, and they also made hundreds of phone calls to personally ask and make sure that everyone that was in this canyon made it out alive.
Now, the caveat here is sometimes day hikers will go into the canyon. They do not need a permit for that. And so they've got this drone that has the pink. pinging capability for Bluetooth devices, they will be sending that down in there to see if there's any ping because if there is a device that could be an indication that someone may be located down there. But at this point, the only person they are looking for at this hour is Timothy Allen Smith. He is one of the hikers who was with this group of friends, his other two buddies, John Juicy and Brent Rosencrantz. they unfortunately have all been killed.
So amidst that, the loss of life, there has also been a tremendous amount of damage there. What can you tell us about the damage?
So the the biggest issue is that Trans Canyon water line. That is the pipe system that brings fresh water from the canyon to the park. It's about twelve and a half miles long. It was already undergoing renovation, and this has now upended the years-long work that has been put into upgrading that system. We are told that that system has been essentially decimated, according to one official. Take to get that system back up and running, but it could take a lot of time. And right now the park only has about two weeks worth of water in storage. So they are now having to bring in some mobile water tankers to try to offset the issues that they're going to have with the limit to their water supply. There's also major water restrictions in this area.
Um the hotels they had to kick guests out.
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Chapters
4 chapters
1
What happened during the flash‑flood disaster in the Grand Canyon?
0:00–5:42
2
How are rescue teams locating the missing hiker Timothy Allen Smith?
5:42–11:33
3
Why did the National Park Service’s water‑level gauge fail during the flood?
11:33–19:27
4
What damage did the flood cause to the Grand Canyon’s water‑supply infrastructure?
19:27–24:02
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