Around 70 runners and volunteers participating in Utah’s Moab 240 ultramarathon are evacuated after being stranded overnight when flooding hits the race route. Multiple outlets report that the event faces severe weather linked to the remnants of Tropical Storm Rachel, leading to the race being canceled and emergency efforts to move participants to safety.
According to coverage from event representatives and officials, the runners are trapped in the desert area for roughly 12 hours before rescue operations succeed. The event host, Destination Trail, provides updates via social media and says all runners are safe and accounted for. While one outlet emphasizes the cancellation of the 240-mile race in the aftermath of the storm, others focus on the evacuation process and the heavy rain and flooding conditions that force participants off the course. All accounts describe an organized response that results in no reported fatalities or missing persons.
