Wife confirms found remains in Grand Canyon are missing hiker lost in deadly flooding
The area is still vulnerable to flash floods. The NPS said there was another flash flood Wednesday afternoon along Bright Angel Creek and the Colorado River and the North Rim Campground.
Video: Bunkhouse swept away in major flood at Grand Canyon
FILE - A sudden, powerful flash flood tore through the Grand Canyon, sending a bunkhouse drifting downstream through muddy, debris-filled floodwaters on Saturday, Aug. 29, 2026.
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- Human remains were found in the Grand Canyon on Monday, two weeks after deadly flash flooding.
- Carrie Smith, wife of missing hiker Tim Smith, confirmed that the remains were her husband's.
- Monsoon storms triggered sudden and intense flash floods in the Bright Angel Creek area on Aug. 29.
GRAND CANYON NATIONAL PARK, Ariz. — The wife of the last person missing after intense flooding struck the Grand Canyon last month has identified his body.
Carrie Smith said on social media that the body of her husband Tim was recovered Monday.
The bodies of two others who were apparently on the same hiking trip, 46-year-old John Guisti and 42-year-old Brent Rosenkranz, both of Granbury, Texas, were recovered several days after the initial monsoon-fueled floods in the Grand Canyon on Aug. 29.
The National Parks Service (NPS) said they found human remains near the Crystal Rapid on the Colorado River within the Grand Canyon on Monday.
The NPS said law enforcement rangers responded to a report of the discovery of the remains and transferred them to Coconino County Medical Examiner’s Office.
11 RESCUED AFTER FLASH FLOODING SWEEPS BRYCE CANYON NATIONAL PARK IN UTAH
What is left behind after heavy rain and flooding in the Grand Canyon.
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Officials said flooding began in the Bright Angel Creek area around 2:30 p.m. on Aug. 29. This is near the 2025 Dragon Bravo Fire burn scar.
82 people were rescued, some by helicopter from the Bright Angel Creek area, and the Phantom Ranch and Cottonwood campgrounds.
Grand Canyon National Park on Monday, Aug. 31, 2026.
(FOX Weather Senior Correspondent Robert Ray / FOX Weather)
The FOX Forecast Center said that while rain totals only reached 1 to 1.75 inches for the hardest-hit areas, that was enough to cause significant issues in part of the park.
Another campground reported one foot of standing water, and several trails were flooded and remain impassible. Gauges along the Colorado River spiked by as much as 9 feet as the rain began to flow through the canyon.
The park has been working to restore campgrounds and other infrastructure destroyed by the flooding.
Crews walk through the damage and debris left behind by flooding.
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The area is still vulnerable to flash floods.
The NPS said there was another flash flood Wednesday afternoon along Bright Angel Creek and the Colorado River and the North Rim Campground, during the most intense day of the monsoon season thus far. Parts of the North Rim were closed during the height of the storm Wednesday.
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