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Park rangers found the group’s empty cars at the canyon’s trailhead that evening.

Someone who knew the group alerted park officials Monday that they hadn’t checked in after their trip. The park doesn’t close canyons until actual flooding occurs, which was around 5 p.m. The third body was found later Tuesday afternoon, Baker said. Tuesday and a second body was found an hour later.

The first body was found around 1:30 p.m. She didn’t have further details on their identities. The group hailed from California and Nevada and were all in their 40s and 50s, Baker said. In Zion, rescuers were waiting for water levels to drop before entering the canyon to search for the missing hikers. One person remains missing from the small polygamous town of Hildale, Utah. The deaths come after 12 people died when fast-moving floodwaters on Monday swept away two vehicles near the Utah-Arizona border, about 20 miles south of the park. They went canyoneering before park officials closed slot canyons that evening due to flood warnings. Three bodies were found a day after the group of four men and three women set out Monday to hike down the canyon, park spokeswoman Holly Baker said. SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - Heavy rain sent flash floods coursing through a narrow slot canyon in southern Utah’s Zion National Park, killing three people and leaving four others missing, officials said Tuesday.