ZION NATIONAL PARK, Utah — Seven hikers who entered a narrow desert canyon for a day of canyoneering became trapped when a flash flood filled the chasm with water, killing at least five of them in Zion National Park in southern Utah, officials said Wednesday.
Known as a slot canyon, the passage is as narrow as a window in some spots and several hundred feet deep.
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