© 2024 KNAU Arizona Public Radio
Arizona Public Radio | Your Source for NPR News
Donate
Play Live Radio
Next Up:
0:00
0:00
0:00 0:00
Available On Air Stations

The Grand Canyon's Flash Floods

KNAU News Talk - Arizona Public Radio | By Scott Thybony
Published August 13, 2009 at 4:17 PM MST
A flash flood tears through the Grand Canyon.
Cindy Appel
A flash flood tears through the Grand Canyon.

http://stream.publicbroadcasting.net/production/mp3/knau/local-knau-854671.mp3

Flagstaff, AZ – A summer monsoon in the Grand Canyon can mean extreme danger for those trapped within its walls. Thrashing water that arrives without warning can consume everything and anything in its path. Here, commentator Scott Thybony shares his first flash flood experience and his fortunate outcome.
Scott Thybony Commentaries
Scott Thybony
Scott Thybony has traveled throughout North America on assignments for major magazines, including Smithsonian, Outside, and Men’s Journal. An article for National Geographic magazine was translated into a dozen languages, and his book, Canyon Country, sold hundreds of thousands of copies. He once herded sheep for a Navajo family, having a hogan to call home and all the frybread he could eat. His commentaries are heard regularly on Arizona Public Radio.
See stories by Scott Thybony