A man and his daughter died late last week after they ran out of water in Canyonlands National Park in Utah on a day when temperatures rose over 100 degrees, authorities said.
The bodies of Albino Herrera Espinoza, 52, and Beatriz Herrera, 23, both of Green Bay, Wisconsin, were found at about 6 p.m. Friday, the San Juan County Sheriff’s Office said in a statement.
The hikers became lost hiking the Syncline Loop Trail, and their bodies were taken off the mountain Saturday morning by helicopter, the sheriff’s office said.
The air temperature when the pair became lost was over 100 degrees, according to the National Park Service.
Park visitors are advised to carry and drink plenty of water and avoid strenuous activity during the daytime, according to the park service.
As of Monday, there have been 59 confirmed heat-related deaths throughout the country this year. Most have occurred in the Western states California, Arizona, Oregon and Nevada, with Arizona and Oregon reporting 16 deaths each. But there have also been deaths in Eastern states, such as Maryland, New York, Virginia and Pennsylvania.
There have also been 21 unconfirmed heat-related deaths in the country.
Last week, the West was hit by a historic heat wave, which generated seven consecutive days of temperatures of 115 degrees or higher in Las Vegas.
The sweltering heat has not been contained to just one half of the U.S. On Tuesday, the heat index in Central Park in New York City made it feel like 96 degrees. At Newark Liberty International Airport in New Jersey, the figure was 103.
