About 70 runners participating in Utah’s Moab 240 ultramarathon were successfully evacuated from the race route on Sunday after being stranded by flooding stemming from the remnants of Tropical Storm Rachel. The event’s host, Destination Trail, addressed the emergency rescue effort in a social media statement which confirmed that all runners were safe and accounted for. Additionally, shuttles and personnel were sent to pick up runners.
Rachel had also been forecast to bring heavy winds and rain to northern Mexico and southern California. The National Weather Service (NWS) issued a flash flood warning in parts of San Diego, Riverside and Imperial counties. The storm’s remnants were still moving across Utah on Monday, the Salt Lake news outlet KUTV reported.
A flood watched remained in effect through Monday afternoon across most of Utah.
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