A 67 -year -old hiker died Tuesday at the Grand Canyon, Park officials said Wednesday when the prognostators in the region warned about excessively and potentially deadly heat.
The hiker, from Alvarado, Texas, was found without responding on the path of southern Kaibab below Cedar Ridge around 11:50 am, and efforts to resurrect him failed, said the national parks service in a statement.
Death is under investigation. The park warns hikers who are very careful due to the heat of summer and avoid walking from 10 am to 4 pm
“In the summer, the temperatures in exposed parts of the path can exceed 120 ° F (49 ° C) in the shade, creating extremely dangerous conditions for hikers,” the park warned in a statement on Wednesday.
Death was announced on Wednesday when the southwest and other parts of the country, even in the Grand Canyon, were under heat warnings.
It is forecast that the maximums for Phantom Ranch, a shelter at the bottom of the canyon will be 110 degrees on Thursday and 113 degrees on Friday, said the National Meteorological Service.
The hiker who died, whom Park officials did not identify, had been trying to reach the Colorado River to stay in Phantom Ranch. As reported, he had turned around Skeleton Point and went back to the path before being found that he did not respond and the authorities were called, said the park service.
Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport broke a record temperature for Wednesday with a reading of 117 degrees, said the weather service,
In Colorado, Denver’s International Airport reached 100 degrees, drawing a record established in 2022. It was the first day of 100 degrees of the year, the agency said.
More than 7 million people were under excessive heat warnings in the southwest, including Phoenix, on Wednesday afternoon, according to the website of the weather service.
Warnings of the red flag, which are emitted for high heat and dry conditions that can help forest fires extend, covered areas with around 4 million, including Nevada, Utah, Colorado, Oregon, Washington and Idaho.
