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Hundreds Plucked From Grand Canyon Flood

Campers caught as dam breaks

By Peter Fearon,  Newser Staff

Posted Aug 17, 2008 10:39 PM CDT

(Newser) – Hundreds of tourists, along with members of the Havasupai Native American tribe, were rescued from the Grand Canyon today after a dam broke causing serious flooding. About 300 people were rescued by helicopter over a 10-hour period after the Redlands Dam, south of the village...   Read full story »

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