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Tucson hiker dies after disappearing in Zion National Park flash flood

The entrance to Zion National Park in Springdale, Utah.
Rick Bowmer
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AP
The entrance to Zion National Park in Springdale, Utah.

A Tucson woman has died after she was swept away during flash flooding last week at Utah’s Zion National Park.

Zion National Park spokesman Jonathan Shafer said in a news release Tuesday that the body of 29-year-old Jetal Agnihotri was found Monday. That ended a four-day search and rescue mission that extended beyond the park’s southern border.

Her death is the latest reminder of the dangers of hiking in the narrow, red rock canyons in the southern Utah park during monsoon season. They can be as narrow as windows and hundreds of feet deep and can quickly become dangerous during flooding.