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    Father, daughter die at Canyonlands national park after running out of water in 100-degree heat

    By FOX Weather,

    1 day ago

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    Rangers say a father and his daughter died Friday after getting lost in Utah’s Canyonlands National Park and running out of water in triple-digit temperatures .

    According to the National Park Service, the 52-year-old man and his 23-year-old daughter from Green Bay, Wisconsin, were hiking on the Syncline Trail when they got lost and ran out of water.

    The air temperature in Moab on Friday afternoon was 100 degrees.

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    Like much of the western US facing a deadly heat wave, Moab is under a heat advisory.

    Air temperatures are forecast to hit 105 degrees on Sunday.

    Rangers with the National Park Service said San Juan County Dispatchers received a 911 text from a person in the Island of the Sky district of Canyonlands on Friday afternoon.

    Rangers and the Bureau of Land Management Moab District Helitack personnel responded to the emergency call and initiated a search for the father and daughter.

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    A 52-year-old man and his 23-year-old daughter from Green Bay, Wisconsin, were hiking on the Syncline Trail in Utah’s Canyonlands National Park when they got lost and ran out of water.  Facebook/Canyonlands National Park

    By the time the pair were found, they were already dead, according to the NPS.

    San Juan County Sheriff’s Office and NPS are investigating the incident.

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    The tragedy marks the latest fatalities this summer at National Parks in the West.

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    Rangers and the Bureau of Land Management Moab District Helitack personnel responded to the emergency call and initiated a search for the father and daughter. Getty Images

    Several hikers unprepared for triple-digit temperatures have died in Arizona’s Grand Canyon National Park.

    In California , a motorcycle rider died when temperatures soared to 128 degrees in Death Valley.

    National Park Service rangers advise visitors to avoid hiking during peak heating in the afternoon and to bring ample water on hikes.

    For top headlines, breaking news and more, visit nypost.com.

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