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Park officials pushed for a Grand Canyon trail to remain closed. Then the floods came.

Months before August’s deadly flash flood, current and former officials say they warned that the fire-ravaged North Kaibab Trail posed safety risks. It reopened anyway

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Park officials pushed for a Grand Canyon trail to remain closed. Then the floods came.

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