Hildale, Utah • Washington County authorities say they're still determined to find the body of a 6-year-old Hildale boy who apparently drowned in last month's flash flood.
Darrell Cashin, sheriff's liaison to the search and rescue team, told county commissioners this week that recent heavy rains may have changed conditions in Short Creek to make it easier to find Tyson Black.
The boy has been missing since he and 15 of his family members were washed into a deadly flood channel inside two vehicles..
Three boys were found alive but 12 victims were discovered over the next several days as far as 7 miles downstream.
The (St. George) Spectrum reports that Cashin told the commission Tuesday last weekend's flooding may have carved out the waterways and surrounding landscape where they hope to resume the search.
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Information from: The Spectrum
Community members look along a stream after a flash flood Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2015, in Colorado City, Ariz. Authorities have confirmed at least nine people have died in flash flooding that swept away two vehicles in Hildale, Utah, a town on the Utah-Arizona border. The floods came after heavy rains fell in the canyons just north of the sister towns of Hildale, Utah, and Colorado City, Arizona, sending waves of water barreling through the streets. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)
Community members search along a stream after a flash flood Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2015, in Colorado City, Ariz. Authorities have confirmedat least nine people have died in flash flooding that swept away two vehicles in a town on the Utah-Arizona. The floods came after heavy rains fell in the canyons just north of the sister towns of Hildale, Utah, and Colorado City, Arizona, sending waves of water barreling through the streets. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)
Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune Searchers from Utah Task Force One and the Utah National Guard comb a wash, looking for the remaining victim of a flash flood, in Hildale, Wednesday September 16, 2015.
Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune Searchers from Utah Task Force One and the Utah National Guard comb a wash, looking for the remaining victim of a flash flood, in Hildale, Wednesday September 16, 2015.
Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune Members of the Utah National Guard and Task Force One search the Short Creek Wash in Hildale, Wednesday September 16, 2015. The Utah National Guard and law enforcement on Wednesday resumed searching for the last known victim of a flash flood that tore through this polygamous border town home to followers of Warren Jeffs, leaving 13 dead and three injured, all of them women and children.
Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune Members of the Utah National Guard and Task Force One search the Short Creek Wash in Hildale, Wednesday September 16, 2015. The Utah National Guard and law enforcement on Wednesday resumed searching for the last known victim of a flash flood that tore through this polygamous border town home to followers of Warren Jeffs, leaving 13 dead and three injured, all of them women and children.
Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune Members of the Utah National Guard search the Short Creek Wash in Hildale, Wednesday September 16, 2015. The Utah National Guard and law enforcement on Wednesday resumed searching for the last known victim of a flash flood that tore through this polygamous border town home to followers of Warren Jeffs, leaving 13 dead and three injured, all of them women and children.
Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune Members of the Utah National Guard search the Short Creek Wash in Hildale, Wednesday September 16, 2015. The Utah National Guard and law enforcement on Wednesday resumed searching for the last known victim of a flash flood that tore through this polygamous border town home to followers of Warren Jeffs, leaving 13 dead and three injured, all of them women and children.
Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune Members of Task Force One search the Short Creek Wash in Hildale, Wednesday September 16, 2015. The Utah National Guard and law enforcement on Wednesday resumed searching for the last known victim of a flash flood that tore through this polygamous border town home to followers of Warren Jeffs, leaving 13 dead and three injured, all of them women and children.
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