{"id":24767,"date":"2017-07-19T06:49:08","date_gmt":"2017-07-19T06:49:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.agu.org\/landslideblog\/?p=24767"},"modified":"2017-07-31T18:39:35","modified_gmt":"2017-07-31T18:39:35","slug":"cold-springs-swimming-hole-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.agu.org\/landslideblog\/2017\/07\/19\/cold-springs-swimming-hole-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Cold Springs swimming hole: a mudflow tragedy in Arizona"},"content":{"rendered":"<h5>Cold Springs swimming hole: a mudflow tragedy in Arizona<\/h5>\n<p>On 16th July a sudden <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.agu.org\/landslideblog\/2015\/10\/18\/tehachapi-mountain-mudflows\/\">mudflow<\/a> and subsequent flash flood swept through the Cold Springs swimming hole in Tonto National Park in Arizona.\u00a0 This dramatic event came out of the blue for those at the swimming hole.\u00a0 It was immensely powerful &#8211; the latter stages of the flood component were caught on the video below, uploaded onto <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=2YRWfSO5VDk\">Youtube by AP<\/a>:-<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Raw: Deadly Flash Floods Hit Ariz. Swimming Hole\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/2YRWfSO5VDk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/weather.com\/news\/weather\/video\/nine-family-members-killed-in-flood-tragedy-0\">The Weather Channel<\/a> also has a video of the event, which explains why it is right to cause this event a mudflow. This is a still from the video:-<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_24770\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-24770\" class=\"size-full wp-image-24770\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.agu.org\/landslideblog\/files\/2017\/07\/17_07-Cold-Springs-1-e1500446108786.jpg\" alt=\"Cold Springs swimming hole\" width=\"640\" height=\"356\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-24770\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Still froma Weather Channel video of the Cold Springs swimming hole mudflow<\/p><\/div>\n<p>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/news\/morning-mix\/wp\/2017\/07\/17\/az-flash-flood-sweeps-away-family-relaxing-in-swimming-hole-9-perish\/?utm_term=.4b264610ba51\">The Washington Post has a decent report of the event<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>It began as yet another scorching Saturday in central Arizona\u00a0as scores of families\u00a0flocked to the cool waters\u00a0of a popular swimming hole, seeking relief from the 100-degree temperatures in the cities.<\/p>\n<p>Among them was an extended family of 14 from Phoenix. They gathered at the Cold Springs swimming hole in the\u00a0Tonto National Forest, near Payson, to celebrate Maria Raya\u2019s 26th birthday, their relatives told <a href=\"http:\/\/www.azcentral.com\/story\/news\/local\/arizona\/2017\/07\/16\/payson-flash-flood-results-four-deaths\/482805001\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">local media.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>At about 3 p.m., it was barely drizzling as the Raya family and others waded\u00a0in the water and hiked along the narrow canyon, its scenic waterfall and granite rock formations\u00a0in the backdrop.<\/p>\n<p>Suddenly the adults and children swimming in the canyon heard a roar. As they turned to look upstream, they saw a massive wall of dark muddy water rushing toward them, carrying tree trunks and logs the sizes of vehicles, Ron Sattelmaier,\u00a0Water Wheel Fire and Medical District fire chief,\u00a0told The Washington Post, citing interviews with witnesses.<\/p>\n<p>The flash flood\u2019s six-foot tall, 40-foot wide torrents of murky water swept away Raya, her children and several other family members, spanning\u00a0three generations, while other\u00a0relatives grasped onto trees waiting to be rescued.\u00a0By Sunday, nine people had been found dead. Authorities did not identify the dead, but relatives listed the names to local media.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/edition.cnn.com\/2017\/07\/17\/us\/arizona-flash-flood-deaths-family\/index.html\">It is likely that the final toll in the Cold Spings swimming hole landslide disaster will be ten people<\/a>.\u00a0 The area upstream of the Cold Springs swimming hole has been affected by forest fires in recent months, explaining both the ferocity of the flow and the vast amount of wood that it transported.\u00a0 The area was swept by large thunderstorms on the day of the disaster.<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Sunday a mudflow swept through the Cold Springs Swimming Hole in Arizona.  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