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Runners in Moab 240 successfully evacuated from race route after flooding from remnants of tropical storm Rachel About 70 runners participating in <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/utah" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer ugc" target="_blank">Utah</a>’s Moab 240 ultramarathon were successfully evacuated from the race route on Sunday after being stranded by flooding stemming from the remnants of <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/oct/11/isaias-florida-alabama-power-outages#:~:text=Tropical%20storm%20Rachel,peninsula%20through%20Tuesday." rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer ugc" target="_blank">Tropical Storm Rachel</a>.The event’s host, Destination Trail, addressed the emergency rescue effort in a social media <a href="https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1D4VUZLuJr/?mibextid=wwXIfr" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer ugc" target="_blank">statement</a> which confirmed that all runners were safe and accounted for. <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/oct/12/storm-rachel-runners-stranded-evacuated-utah" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer ugc" target="_blank">Continue reading...</a>

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