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After three days of extensive searching, the National Park Service (NPS) will reduce the scale of the search for missing hiker, 72 year old Raffat “Ralph” Nasser-Eddin of Los Angeles, CA and Lebanon. https://www.nps.gov/grca/learn/news/missing-hiker-update.htm Source:: Update: Search Continues for Missing Grand Canyon Hiker in Limited Mode

Death Valley Forecasted for First Week of Over 120° of Year https://www.nps.gov/deva/learn/news/first-hot-week-of-2017.htm Source:: Death Valley Forecasted for First Week of Over 120° of Year

Update June 22, 2017 – National Weather Service: Excessive Heat Warning in Utah – Active for next 3 days · •  National Weather Service Posted 4 hours ago …EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM MDT SUNDAY… * AFFECTED AREA…Utah`s Dixie including St George and Zion National Park. * TIMING…High temperatures will range between 107 and 110 degrees each

SPRINGDALE, UT – Three separate search and rescue (SAR) events occurred simultaneously yesterday in Zion National Park. The first began Tuesday night, June 13, 2017 and carried over into Wednesday June 14, 2017, followed by two separate calls for medical assistance.

Grand Canyon, AZ– The National Weather Service has issued an excessive heat warning for parts of Grand Canyon National Park. The warning is in effect from 10 am Saturday, June 17 to 8 pm Wednesday, June 21 for areas below 5,000 feet in the canyon including Phantom Ranch and Indian Garden. Forecast temperatures in the shade range between 105 F/41 C and

Grand Canyon, Ariz. – Search efforts continue in Grand Canyon National Park for missing hiker, 72 year-old Raafat “Ralph” Nasser-Eddin of Los Angeles, CA and Lebanon. Today’s operations include four ground teams of ten people total and aerial searches with the National Park Service helicopter. Search efforts will focus on drainages between the Bright Angel

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Grand Canyon, Ariz. – On Tuesday, June 13 at approximately 7:45 pm, the Grand Canyon Regional Communications Center received a call reporting an overdue hiker. The hiker, 72 year old Raafat (Ralph) Amin Nasser-Eddin of Los Angeles, CA and Lebanon, matches the description of an individual reported to park rangers on Sunday, June 11.

Join park staff and visitors at Tumacácori National Historical Park to celebrate Día de San Juan on Saturday, June 24, from 1:00 to 3:00 p.m. Día de San Juan, the day set aside to celebrate the birth of Saint John the Baptist, is also the day on which people all over Mexico welcome the summer