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Rescue teams save roughly 80 people in Grand Canyon floods; two dead, one missing, authorities say

Rescue teams save roughly 80 people in Grand Canyon floods; two dead, one missing, authorities say

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September 1st, 2026

Rescue teams save roughly 80 people in Grand Canyon floods; two dead, one missing, authorities say

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The body of a Texas-born chiropractor who had devoted his life to martial arts was discovered in the aftermath of a devastating flash flood that struck the Grand Canyon.

テキサス州出身のカイロプラクターであり、生涯を武道に捧げてきた人物の遺体がグランドキャニオンを襲った大規模な鉄砲水の後に発見された

Authorities announced on Monday that one individual remains unaccounted for, following the rescue of approximately eighty people over the weekend.

当局は月曜日週末に約80人が救助された依然として1人が行方不明のままだと発表した

The flash flood on Saturday inflicted severe damage on the sole pipeline supplying water to Grand Canyon National Park.

土曜日の鉄砲水によりグランドキャニオン国立公園に水を供給する唯一のパイプライン深刻な被害を受けた。

Authorities have prohibited tourists from staying in the park's lodges and hotels, while imposing emergency water-use restrictions on year-round residents.

当局は公園内のロッジやホテルへの観光客の宿泊を禁止し年間居住者に対して緊急の水使用制限を発令した

Torrential rain poured down on the Bright Angel Creek area of this tourist destination, which attracts 4.4 million visitors annually.

毎年440万人の観光客が訪れるこの観光地ブライト・エンジェル・クリーク地域激しい雨が降り注いだ

Although Grand Canyon Deputy Superintendent Brian Draper stated that the full extent of the damage has yet to be ascertained, park authorities have announced that approximately 40% of the pipeline has been compromised.

グランドキャニオン副所長ブライアン・ドラポー氏、被害の全容を把握するには至っていないと述べたものの公園当局パイプライン約40%損傷した公表している

Incident commander Dave Black stated that search teams, employing equipment such as night-vision devices, located individuals requiring rescue amid the torrential rain.

現場司令官のデイブ・ブラック氏は捜索隊が暗視装置などの装備を駆使し豪雨の中で救助を要する人々を発見した述べた

By sunset on Saturday, 45 people had been rescued, and on Sunday a further 37 were compelled to evacuate.

土曜日の日没までに45名が救助され日曜日にはさらに37名が避難を余儀なくされた

The rangers meticulously tracked the number of missing persons by scrutinizing the park authority's permit system and cross-referencing vehicle license plates.

レンジャーは公園管理当局の許可証システムを精査し車両のナンバープレートを照合することで行方不明者の数を綿密に追跡した

"Based on a comprehensive assessment of the information gathered thus far, we believe that there is still only one missing person," Mr. Black stated at a press conference on Monday evening.

"現時点で、これまでに得られた情報を総合的に判断すると、行方不明者はまだ一人だけだと考えている"とブラック氏は月曜夜の記者会見で述べた

The flood originated in Bright Angel Creek, which joins the Colorado River deep within the canyon near Phantom Ranch.

洪水はキャニオンの奥深くファントム・ランチ付近でコロラド川に合流するブライト・エンジェル・クリークで発生した

This area is dotted with historic dormitories, a general store, and campsites, and is cherished as an indispensable waypoint for rafters and hikers traversing the Grand Canyon from rim to rim.

この一帯には歴史的な寮売店キャンプ場点在しラフティングを楽しむ者グランドキャニオンの両端を縦走するハイカーにとって、欠かせない中継地点として親しまれている

A large number of visitors were compelled to evacuate by helicopter.

大勢の訪問者はヘリコプターでの避難を余儀なくされた

They testified to having witnessed record-breaking downpours, landslide warnings issued by rangers, and enormous logs and debris tumbling down the river while they awaited rescue.

彼らは記録的な豪雨とレンジャーによる土砂崩れの危険警告、そして救助を待つ間に巨大な丸太やがれきが川を転がり落ちていくのを目撃した証言した

Hiker Daniel Evans reported experiencing several bouts of rainfall before the most severe 30-minute downpour struck on Saturday afternoon.

ハイカーのダニエル・エバンス氏は土曜日の午後に最悪の30分間の豪雨が降る前に数回の降雨を経験したと述べた。

He had devoted the sweltering daylight hours to rest, planning to spend the night near the severely damaged Bright Angel campground.

彼は猛暑の日中を休息に充て、甚大な被害を受けたブライト・エンジェル・キャンプ場付近で一夜を過ごす計画を立てていた

Earlier, the ranger had assured him that the situation appeared safe.

その前にレンジャーは状況が安全に見えると彼に伝えていた

Then, as the rain poured down relentlessly, they informed him that the time had come to evacuate.

そして雨が激しく降りしきる中彼らは退避の時機が到来したと告げた

He recalled Nepal, reflecting on the massive floods and landslides that had struck the mountain valleys the previous week.

彼はネパールを思い起こし先週山間の谷を襲った大規模な洪水や土砂崩れのことを思い巡らせた

"Throughout the relentless downpour, even as I was frantically packing my belongings, I kept my gaze fixed upstream, praying fervently that a wall of water would not come surging toward us," Evans recalled.

「降雨が続く間中荷物の整理に追われている最中も、私は絶えず上流へと視線を注ぎ水の壁が押し寄せてこないことをひたすら祈り続けていたとエバンス氏は述懐した

According to Hannah Barrix, who served as the family liaison, the relatives of chiropractor John Justi and Brent Rosenkrantz, a 42-year-old who ran a martial arts studio, confirmed that the recovered bodies were those of the two men.

家族の連絡役を務めるハンナ・バリックス氏の説明によればカイロプラクターのジョン・ジュスティ氏武道スタジオを経営する42歳のブレント・ローゼンクランツ氏の遺族は回収された遺体が両者であると確認したという

This photograph, courtesy of Hanna Baricks, depicts Brent Rosenkrantz during his visit to Grand Canyon National Park in northern Arizona in August 2026.

この写真はハンナ・バリックス氏の提供によるもので2026年8月にアリゾナ州北部のグランドキャニオン国立公園を訪れた際のブレント・ローゼンクランツ氏を写している。

His body was recovered following the flash flood.

彼の遺体は鉄砲水の発生後に収容された

(Rosenkrantz family via Hanna Baricks, family spokesperson, AP)

ローゼンクランツ家家族連絡役ハンナ・バリックス氏経由AP

This photograph, provided by Hannah Baricks, depicts Timothy Smith during his visit to Zion National Park in Utah in July 2026.

この写真はハンナ・バリックス氏の提供であり2026年7月にユタ州のザイオン国立公園を訪れた際のティモシー・スミス氏を写したものである

According to his family, he has been reported missing since a trip to the Grand Canyon in August 2026.

家族によれば彼は2026年8月のグランドキャニオン旅行から行方不明となっているという

(Smith family, via Hannah Baricks, family spokesperson, AP)

スミス家家族連絡役ハンナ・バリックス氏経由AP

This undated photograph, provided by Hannah Baricks, depicts John Justi during his visit to Grand Canyon National Park in northern Arizona in August 2026.

この日付不明の写真はハンナ・バリックス氏の提供によるもので2026年8月にアリゾナ州北部のグランドキャニオン国立公園を訪れた際のジョン・ジュスティ氏を写している

His body was recovered following a flash flood.

彼の遺体は鉄砲水の発生後に収容された

(Justi family via Hannah Baricks, family spokesperson, AP)

ジュスティ家家族連絡役ハンナ・バリックス氏経由AP

Barrix stated in a text message late Monday that Timothy Smith, a 53-year-old pilot from Wyoming and the third companion, had set out on the trip with them but remained unaccounted for.

3人目の仲間である53歳のワイオミング州のパイロットティモシー・スミス氏彼らと共に旅行に出かけた依然として行方不明のままだと、バリックス氏月曜日遅くにテキストメッセージで述べた

The men contacted their families on Thursday and secured a campsite at the bottom of the Grand Canyon on Friday.

男性たちは木曜日に家族と連絡を取り金曜日にはグランドキャニオンの底で野営地を確保した

Since then, however, no word has come from them, as the three families revealed in a joint statement issued through Mr. Baricks on Monday.

それ以降彼らからの便りは途絶えていると、三つの家族は月曜日にバリックス氏を通じて発表した共同声明で明らかにした

All three had familial ties to Granbury, Texas.

3人はいずれもテキサス州グランベリー縁戚関係を有していた。

The families stated that they had "planned several days of hiking, camping, fishing, and exploration."

家族「数日間にわたるハイキングキャンプ釣り、そして探検を企図していた」と述べた。

Park authorities recovered the body of a 46-year-old man near Crystal Rapids along the Colorado River on Sunday night, and subsequently retrieved a second body, though they disclosed no details whatsoever regarding the latter.

公園当局は日曜の夜コロラド川沿いのクリスタル・ラピッズ付近で46歳の男性の遺体を収容した後さらに2人目の遺体も回収したがその詳細については一切明かさなかった

Visiting the Grand Canyon can be particularly hazardous during the summer months, owing to the risk of flash floods associated with the monsoon season.

グランドキャニオンへの訪問はモンスーン(雨季)に伴う鉄砲水の危険性があるため夏季は特に危険を伴うことがある

It is by no means uncommon for clear skies to abruptly transform into thunderstorms or torrential downpours.

晴天が突如として雷雨や豪雨へと豹変する現象も、決して珍しいものではない

Furthermore, rainfall also occurred on the site of the Dragon Bravo fire, which was devastated by a wildfire sparked by lightning in July 2025.

また2025年7月に落雷が引き起こした山火事で焼失したドラゴン・ブラボー火災の跡地にも降雨があった。

After burning for several days, the fire escalated into a rapidly spreading conflagration, forcing residents to evacuate and consuming the historically significant Grand Canyon Lodge, numerous cabins, and other structures on the North Rim.

この火災は数日間にわたり燃え続けた後急速に延焼する大規模火災へと発展し住民の避難を余儀なくさせるとともに歴史的価値のあるグランドキャニオン・ロッジ複数のキャビンノースリムのその他の建造物を焼き尽くした

In the absence of vegetation, burn scars significantly accelerate the rate of surface water runoff.

植生が欠如していると焼け跡は地表水の流出速度を著しく加速させる

The canyon's own steep, rocky nature causes water to converge with remarkable speed.

キャニオン自体の急峻で岩が多いという特性は水を急速に集約させる。

What would be an ordinary summer downpour elsewhere can transform into a wall of incoming water within the canyon.

他の場所では通常の夏の豪雨に過ぎないものでもキャニオンでは流れ込む水の壁へと変貌し得る

This year's monsoon has been exceptionally intense, far exceeding the norm.

今年のモンスーン例年になく激しい

This is attributable to atmospheric water vapor levels substantially surpassing the seasonal average, a phenomenon primarily driven by a pronounced El Niño event, according to A. Park Williams, a hydroclimatologist at the University of California, Los Angeles.

これは大気中の水蒸気量が平年を大幅に上回っているためでありその主因は顕著なエルニーニョ現象にあるとカリフォルニア大学ロサンゼルス校の水文気候学者A.パーク・ウィリアムズ氏は指摘した。

The natural warming of a portion of the Pacific Ocean can induce fluctuations in global weather patterns.

太平洋の一部自然に昇温することで地球規模の気象パターンに変動が生じ得る

He explained that this excess moisture condenses and is released as precipitation within storms over the southwestern United States.

その過剰な水蒸気が米国南西部において嵐の中で降雨として凝結・放出されるのだと彼は説明した

According to Daniel Swain, a climate scientist at the California Institute for Water Resources, a fairly strong correlation has been identified between anthropogenic climate change and the heavy rainfall that occurred in Arizona.

カリフォルニア水資源研究所の気候科学者ダニエル・スウェイン氏によれば人為起源の気候変動アリゾナ州で発生した豪雨との間には、かなり強い関連性が認められるとのことだ。

A few months ago, Swain and his colleagues published their findings in the journal Weather and Climate Extremes, revealing that since 2000, short-duration intense downpours in the western regionincluding events like the one that struck the Grand Canyonhave increased by more than 10 percent.

数ヶ月前スウェイン氏と同僚は『気象と気候の極値』誌に研究成果を発表し2000年以降西部地域における短期間の激しい豪雨グランドキャニオンを襲ったような事例を含む—が10%以上増加していることを明らかにした

This flood dealt a significant blow to the long-standing efforts to modernize the water pipeline that serves visitors and the approximately 1,600 residents of Grand Canyon Village.

この洪水は訪問者とグランドキャニオン・ビレッジの約1,600人の住民にサービスを提供する水パイプラインを近代化するための長年の取り組みにとって大きな打撃となった

Construction work totaling $208 million, aimed at renovating the pipeline and upgrading the associated water supply system, commenced in 2023, and the park service stated that this investment is absolutely crucial for enabling the park to meet the demands of its residents and visitors.

パイプラインの改修および関連する給水システムの更新を目的とした総額2億800万ドルの工事が2023年に着工され公園局はこの投資が公園を住民や訪問者の需要に応えるうえで極めて重要なものであると述べた

The project was scheduled for completion the following year, yet its timeline currently remains uncertain.

本事業は翌年の完了を予定していた現在その工程は不透明な状況にある

The Grand Canyon has a large potable water storage tank on the South Rim, but due to the pipeline's shutdown, it is not being replenished.

グランドキャニオンにはサウスリムに大規模な飲料水貯蔵タンク設置されているが、パイプラインの稼働停止によりその補給が行われていない

Stengle reported from Dallas.

ステングルはダラスから報告した

Contributing to this report were Hannah Schoenbaum (Salt Lake City), Seth Borenstein (Kensington, Maryland), Mikela Schoettler (Phoenix), Julie Walker (New York City), Jeffrey Collins (Columbia, South Carolina), Kathy McCormack (Concord, New Hampshire), and Christopher Weber (Los Angeles).

ハンナ・シェーンバウム(ソルトレイクシティ)セス・ボレンシュタイン(ケンジントン、メリーランド州)ミケラ・シュエットラー(フェニックス)ジュリー・ウォーカー(ニューヨーク市)ジェフリー・コリンズ(コロンビア、サウスカロライナ州)キャシー・マコーマック(コンコード、ニューハンプシャー州)クリストファー・ウェーバー(ロサンゼルス)が協力した

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