In New Mexico over the weekend a flash flood inundated the campsite where a group of boy scouts were camping, sweeping 4 of them away in the floodwater.  One boy was unaccounted for and later confirmed to have died.

The boys were on a 12 day trek thought North Pomil Canyon, part of the 214 square mile Philmont Scout Ranch, frequented by troops all across the country.  According to state police spokesman Chad Pierce, the flash flood occurred at around 4:30 am, a time when the boys would have been sleeping.  “As the floodwater swept through the canyon, it overran the scouts’ camp site, resulting in 4 boy-scouts being swept away,” he said.  *1

1. USA Today, June 29, 2015, p. 2A