A woman who had been missing for three days was found dead – she had been swept away by a flash flood near the Grand Canyon in Arizona.

The body of 33-year-old Chenoa Nickerson was found at a commercial river cruise company on the Colorado River about 20 miles downstream from where she went missing, the U.S. National Park Service said in a statement Sunday.

Nickerson, of Gilbert, a suburb of Phoenix, was swept into Havasu Creek on Thursday without a life jacket, the park service said. She described being swallowed by the tributary of the Colorado River, roughly where it flows into the national park.

During the search by air, ground and rescue vehicles, more than 100 more people were successfully pulled from the floodwaters on Sunday. The focus was on the area where Havasu Creek flows into the Colorado River, the park service said.

The creek also flows through Havasupai tribal land, where tribal leaders asked Arizona Governor Katie Hobbs for flood relief. The state responded by providing resources, including a UH-60 Blackhawk helicopter, to do the job.

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The body of Chenoa Nickerson, 33, was found Sunday during a commercial river cruise on the Colorado River.

The hiker was swallowed by rising waters near Havasu Creek on Thursday without a life jacket. Here you can see the floods racing through the area

The Arizona National Guard confirmed Saturday that the Blackhawk helped evacuate 104 tourists and tribal members from a canyon. Afterward, the Havasupai Tribal Council announced that it had closed its lands to tourists until further notice.

“The council is actively working to safely evacuate tourists who were in Supai at the time of the flooding,” said the statement from the Havasupai Tribe, which allows hikers access to the area where the falls are located.

They added how the tribe was still busy evacuating hikers affected by the flash flood.

As for Nickerson’s family, her mother and sister have not yet commented on the discovery, but have been asking for information about the hiker’s whereabouts in recent days.

In a social media post, her mother wrote: “Does anyone have a list of the names of the hikers who were with SAR yesterday after the flash floods?

Meanwhile, her sister Dena said: “Chenoa and her husband Andrew Nickerson were hiking in the Havasupai area on 8/22/24.”

“Andrew contacted his father on 08/22/2024 at 6:16 p.m. by satellite phone and reported that he and Chenoa had been caught in a flash flood and both had been swept away and Andrew had been rescued.”

“He said he was camping in a safe location with a rafting crew who rescued him and that NPS SAR had been on site since last night. Please help us. We are desperate.”

Her husband Andrew, seen here with Nickerson, was found by local rafters, along with more than 100 others swept away by the water.

The creek flows through Havasupai tribal land, where tribal leaders had asked Arizona Governor Katie Hobbs for flood relief, and the state provided resources including a UH-60 Blackhawk helicopter to do the job. Nickerson was found around 11:30 a.m.

Over the weekend, officials confirmed that Andrew was among those found and rescued from the floodwaters by local rafters before the search for his wife ended tragically.

She was found around 11:30 a.m. about 20 miles from where her husband lost sight of her, the NPS said.

“The victim was discovered by a commercial riverboat near river mile 176 of the Colorado River,” the agency said.

“Park rangers responded and recovered the body, which was transported by helicopter to the rim and turned over to the Coconino County Coroner.”

The NPS and the Coconino County Coroner said they are both still investigating the incident and Nickerson’s death.