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Search and rescue operation underway in Zion National Park

(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) In this May 5, 2015, photo hikers walk on the Canyon Overlook Trail in Zion National Park. More than 30,000 people crowded to Zion National Park in a single day over Memorial Day weekend as the iconic red-rock landscape at the already crowded park remains highly popular.

Zion National Park • Zion National Park officials say a canyon in the park is closed due to a search and rescue operation in progress Tuesday morning.

Park officials did not release additional information on the operation in Hidden Canyon but said in a separate Twitter post that a flash flood watch has been issued for Zion until 10:00 p.m.

The post says showers and thunderstorms are expected to produce heavy rain and that flooding is expected in some canyons.