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Julia Clarke

“Covered in mud from head to toe”: hiker and dog swept down canyon in flash flood

A flash flood in the desert

A hiker and her dog have been rescued from a Utah canyon after a flash flood swept the pair downstream.

The 38-year-old woman was hiking in Mary Jane Canyon, a slot canyon near Moab, on Thursday when she heard the flood coming. According to a Facebook post by Grand County Sheriff's Search and Rescue team, the hiker tried to get to higher ground but ended up being carried 150 - 200 feet downstream.

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