Grand Canyon flood leaves people missing, forcing evacuations.Rescuers in northern Arizona are searching for campers and residents missing in an area of Grand Canyon.Authorities have evacuated dozens of tourists and Hualapai Tribe members who were endangered by floods in the Grand Canyon area, with some still unaccounted for. Evacuations may continue today if the weather allows for helicopter flights. Several hikers were rescued after being separated from their supplies and gear by the floods, as northern Arizona got 3 to 6 inches of rain Friday and Saturday and about 2 inches more on Sunday.

Early Sunday, the Redlands Earthen Dam broke, but the structure is considered minor by officials. Those rescued were set up in special shelters at an American Red Cross evacuation center in the Hualapai Tribal Gymnasium in Peach Springs. However, many stayed behind in Supai, which is on high ground and is not in immediate danger. Supai is the capital of the Havasupai Indian Reservation, which is home to the spectacular Havasu Falls. Supai village - home to about 400 members of the Havasupai tribe - is located on the Havasu creek, which meets with the Colorado river that runs the length of the Grand Canyon. Early Sunday, the Redlands Earthen Dam about 45 miles (70 kilometers) upstream from the Havasupai village of Supai was breached.

A stranded rafter is lowered to shore by an NPS employee after being short hauled across the Colorado River, in the Grand Canyon. An earthen dam broke near the Grand Canyon early Sunday after heavy rains that forced officials to pluck hundreds of residents and campers from the gorge by helicopter. A private boating party of 16 people was stranded on a ledge at the confluence of Havasu Creek and the Colorado River after flood waters carried their rafts away. The boaters were found uninjured and were being rescued from the canyon, whose floor is unreachable in many places except by helicopter.