After Floods, Grand Canyon Opens on a Limited Basis. What to Know. NYT > Top Stories By: Ceylan Yeğinsu 31 August 2026 at 17:18 As the search for missing visitors continues, the National Park has shut down hotels and much of its terrain, but visitors can still enter. © J. Baird/National Park Service, via Agence France-Presse — Getty ImagesGrand Canyon National Park was partially open for day use on Monday after flash flooding killed one person and prompted a search-and-rescue operation for at least 15 people.
What Is Phantom Ranch? Inside the Grand Canyon Lodge Hit by Flash Flooding NYT > Top Stories By: Yan Zhuang 31 August 2026 at 13:50 Phantom Ranch, the only lodge within the Grand Canyon, has drawn adventurers and dignitaries, including Theodore Roosevelt, for more than a century. © Craig Sanderson, via Associated PressThe Colorado River winds through Grand Canyon National Park in northern Arizona, a day after heavy flooding struck the park.
Inside the Iceland Eclipse Festival: $1,000-a-Week Yurts and Endless Optimism NYT > Top Stories By: Callie Holtermann and Lexi Parra 27 August 2026 at 16:42 At a festival on a disc golf course, on a peninsula in Iceland, waiting for the sky to descend into darkness.