Arizona woman missing after swept away by floodwaters in Utah's Zion National Park
Search and rescue officials are continuing to look for an Arizona woman after she and other hikers were swept away by floodwaters in Utah's Zion National Park
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Authorities on Sunday continued searching for an Arizona woman who went missing after she was swept away by floodwaters in Utah's Zion National Park.
National Park Service officials said rangers and members of the Zion search and rescue team were in the Virgin River area Sunday searching for Jetal Agnihotri, 29, of Tucson.
They said Agnihotri was among several hikers who were swept off their feet Friday afternoon by rushing water in The Narrows near the Temple of Sinawava in Zion National Park, which is in southern Utah near the Arizona border.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Cars enter Zion's National Park in Springdale, Utah. (George Frey/Getty Images)
All of the hikers except Agnihotri were found on high ground and were stranded until water levels receded.
NPS said more than 20 Zion search and rescue team members were working in and near the Virgin River to search for Agnihotri. NPS did not have new updates as of Sunday afternoon when reached by Fox News Digital.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Jetal Agnihotri of Arizona. She is missing in Zion National Park in Utah. (Mostafa Javadian courtesy of Fox 13)
Meanwhile, officials at Carlsbad Caverns National Park in New Mexico said about 150 tourists were evacuated late Saturday night after being stranded by rising water. Park officials told people at the visitor's center to wait there for hours because of flash flooding.
The morning sun lights up large rock formations in Zion National Park on May 15, 2020, in Springdale, Utah. (George Frey/Getty Images)
Authorities said several rivers and streams in New Mexico have nearly reached historic flood levels not seen since the 1960s due to recent heavy rainfall.
In Arizona, emergency crews rescued four hikers stranded in Sabino Canyon east of Tucson on Friday, and helped 41 students and staff from Marana off school buses that got stuck in high water when the storms began to move in.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}The morning sun lights up large rock formations in Zion National Park on May 15, 2020, in Springdale, Utah. (George Frey/Getty Images)
CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP
More than three inches of rain fell Saturday in the mountains northeast of Tucson, according to the National Weather Service.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.