Overview
- The Coconino County Sheriff's Office says one person was struck by lightning and crews are working to determine if a second person was also struck.
- Ground search-and-rescue teams are making a roughly five-mile ascent to the top of Humphreys Peak.
- Authorities have not confirmed the victims’ conditions or identities as the operation continues.
- Air support is grounded by poor weather, with heavy rain and fog observed on the mountain and helicopters staged on the ground.
- Thunderstorms produced lightning across Arizona, igniting small fires in Avondale, including an attic fire and a palm tree fire.