Dozens of Hikers Airlifted from Havasu Falls after Mysterious Illness

June 17, 2024

An outbreak of a severe gastrointestinal illness swept through the hundreds of hikers who visited Arizona’s famed Havasu Falls this week. In some cases, individual hikers and whole groups had to be airlifted out because they were too sick to walk unassisted. The cause of the outbreak is as of yet unknown. Backpacker