Ke alakaʻi nei nā pūʻali koa US o ka Arizona National Guard i nā mākaʻikaʻi i hopu ʻia e ka wai kahe i loko o kahi UH-60 Blackhawk, Poaono, ʻAukake 24, 2024, ma ka Havasupai Reservation ma Supai, Ariz. ʻAʻole ʻokoʻa ka huʻu ʻulaʻula nui akā ʻaʻole ia he mea maʻamau no ke kau ua o ke kauwela ma ka Havasupai reservation, kekahi o nā wahi mamao loa o ka ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa e hoʻokipa ai i nā malihini a puni ka honua.
Akā i kēia manawa, ʻo ke kahe o ka wai i hoʻouna aku i nā haneli he nui e ʻimi ana i kahi kiʻekiʻe - ʻo kekahi i loko o nā nooks a me nā ana i nā paia canyon - ua lilo i mea make. Ua ʻauheʻe ʻia kekahi wahine i ke kahawai ʻo Colorado i loko o ka Grand Canyon, i hoʻopaʻa ʻia i kahi mau lā ʻimi a hoʻopakele e pili ana i ka National Park Service ma kahi ʻano kūʻokoʻa ma waho o ka hiki ʻana o nā kelepona kelepona, i loko o nā canyons wao nahele hiki ke hele wale ʻia e ka wāwae, miula a i ʻole helikopa. ʻEkolu lā ma hope a me 19 mau mile (30 mau kilomita) ma lalo o ke kahawai, e hoʻoholo ka hui hoʻoheheʻe kahawai i ka ʻimi. Ma hope mai, pili nā mea ola a me nā mea hoʻopakele i nā moʻolelo o ke kaumaha like, ka mahalo a me ka mahalo i nā wai i hoʻohuli ʻole ʻia i ka ʻino.
ʻO ka ua mua, a laila haunaele
Ua hoʻomaka ka lā o ke kahe ʻana ma mua o ka wanaʻao no ka poʻe hele wāwae e iho ana i loko o kahi awāwa uliuli ma kahi huakaʻi 8-mile (13-kilomita) ma nā ala hoʻololi i kahi kauhale ma ka puʻu o ka Havasupai reservation.
Mai laila mai, hele ka poʻe mākaʻikaʻi i ko lākou mau wahi bakeke-papa inoa - he pūʻulu wailele nani a me kahi kahua hoʻomoana ma ka ʻaoʻao kahawai. ʻO nā wai uliuli ʻōmaʻomaʻo maʻamau o ka canyon e huki i nā mākaʻikaʻi mai nā wahi a puni o ka honua.
Ua huakaʻi ʻo Hanna St. Denis, 33 makahiki, mai Los Angeles e ʻike i nā mea kupanaha maoli ma kāna huakaʻi hoʻihoʻi mua i ka pō, me kahi hoaaloha, e kuʻi ana i ke ala ma mua o ka wanaʻao i ka Pōʻalima i hala a hiki i ka hope o nā wailele ʻekolu i ke awakea.
Ua hiki mai ka ua mau. Ma lalo iho o ka wailele ʻo Beaver, ua ʻike kekahi kanaka ʻauʻau i ke au e holo wikiwiki ana. Hoʻomaka ka ʻōpuʻu ʻana o ka wai mai nā paia canyon, me ka hemo ʻana o nā pōhaku i ka wā i hoʻololi ai ke kahawai i ke kala kokoleka a pehu.
"He ʻano lohi ka hele ʻana o ka ʻeleʻele ma nā ʻaoʻao a ākea aʻe, a laila hele mākou i waho," wahi a St. Denis. Piʻi ʻo ia a me nā poʻe holo wāwae ʻē aʻe i kahi alapiʻi i kahi kiʻekiʻe me ke ala ʻole i lalo i ka piʻi ʻana o ka wai. "Ke nānā nei mākou i nā kumulāʻau nui e ʻoki ʻia me nā aʻa, mai ka lepo."
ʻAʻohe ona ala e kāhea aku ai i ke kōkua a ʻike paha ma ke kihi o ka canyon.
Ma kahi kahua hoomoana kokoke, ua ʻike ʻo Michael Langer o 55 makahiki o Fountain Hills, Arizona, i ka wai e kahe ana i loko o ka canyon mai nā wahi ʻē aʻe.
"He ʻumi kekona ma hope o kēlā, holo maila kekahi lālā ʻohana ma nā kahua hoʻomoana me ka uē ʻana, 'Ka wai kahe, hoʻokuʻu pilikia, holo i kahi kiʻekiʻe," wahi a Langer.
Ma kahi kokoke mai, ua pehu ka wailele ʻo Mooney i ka nui o ka nui, ʻoiai ʻo ka poʻe holo wāwae i lele i kahi papa kiʻekiʻe a hoʻopaʻa iā lākou iho i loko o nā ʻeke.
Nā hōʻailona pilikia
Ma ka hola 1:30 pm ua hoʻomaka nā luna ma Grand Canyon National Park e pili ana i ka ʻāina ʻo Havasupai i nā kelepona pilikia mai nā mea pili ukali e hiki ai ke hoʻouna i nā leka SOS, nā leka uila a me nā kelepona leo kahi e hiki ʻole ai ke kelepona.
"ʻO ka haiki o kēlā canyon, paʻakikī loa ka hoʻopuka ʻana i nā kamaʻilio; ʻaʻohe ʻike maopopo i ka nui o ke ola kanaka i nalowale a i ʻole ʻeha i ka wā mua," wahi a Joelle Baird, kahi ʻōlelo a ka paka.
Ua hoʻopaʻa ʻia ka paka me nā hōʻike i hōʻike nui ʻia o ka poʻe i make akā ua hōʻoia i kahi hanana weliweli. ʻElua mau huakaʻi hele - he kāne a he wahine - ua ʻauheʻe ʻia e ka wai kahe i ko lākou hele ʻana ma kahi kokoke i kahi e kahe ai ʻo Havasu Creek i ke kahawai ʻo Colorado.
Ma ka hola 4 pm, hiki i ka hoʻomaha ʻana i ke aniau ke hoʻouna i ka helikopa a hoʻonohonoho i kahi mākaʻikaʻi ʻāina wikiwiki ma ia wahi, wahi a Baird.
Ua kiʻi ʻia ʻo Andrew Nickerson, ke kāne, i kēlā pō e kahi hui e holo ana i ka 280-mile (450-kilomita) o ka muliwai e holo ana ma ka Grand Canyon.
"He mau kekona au mai ka make aku i ka lele ʻana o kahi malihini mai kona ʻauwaha a hoʻoweliweli i kona ola me ka kānalua ʻole e hoʻopakele iaʻu mai nā wai ʻino," i kākau ai ʻo Nickerson ma hope o ka pāpaho.
ʻO kāna wahine, ʻo Chenoa Nickerson, he 33 makahiki, ua ʻauheʻe ʻia i ke kahawai nui o ka muliwai a ʻike ʻole ʻia. Ua hoʻopuka ʻia kahi palapala ʻimi i ka Pōʻalima no kahi ʻulaʻula i nalowale, lōʻihi me nā maka uliuli. E like me ka hapa nui o ka poʻe holo wāwae ma Havasupai, ʻaʻole ʻo ia i ʻaʻahu i ka lole ola.
Kau-kahe-kahe
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Arizona State Climatologist ʻo Erinanne Saffell, ʻo ke kahe ʻana o ke kahawai i loko o ka canyon he kaumaha akā ʻaʻole atypical, ʻoiai me ka noʻonoʻo ʻole i ka hoʻomehana honua i hoʻokumu ʻia e ke kanaka i hopena i ka ʻoi aku ka nui o ka ʻino.
"He ʻāpana ia o kā mākou kau aʻe a hāʻule ka ua a ʻaʻohe wahi e hele ai, a no laila hiki iā ia ke hoʻokuʻu a hoʻopilikia nui i ka poʻe e hele ana i ke ala," wahi āna.
Hiki iā mākou ke hāʻawi i kahi ʻano o nā mea ʻike nānā hydrologic, ka nānā ʻana i ka manawa maoli o ka ʻikepili wikiwiki o ka wai:
Ka manawa hoʻouna: Sep-02-2024