Yosemite Park to Close Amid High Flood Risk
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Yosemite Park to Close, Amid High Flood Risk.
Reuters reports that much of Yosemite National Park
in California will be closed to visitors this weekend due
to forecasts of floods brought on by rapid snowmelt.
The park will be closed from
April 28 to at least May 3. .
According to the National Park Service,
the length of the closure depends on how quickly
melting snow runs off into the Merced River. .
The agency added that reservations would be
canceled and refunded for lodging
and campgrounds in the park.
Reuters reports that the shutdown comes as
Central California is forecast to experience a heat wave that is
expected to hasten melting after record winter snowfall.
Reuters reports that the shutdown comes as
Central California is forecast to experience a heat wave that is
expected to hasten melting after record winter snowfall.
This weather whiplash is
what the climate crisis looks like, Gavin Newsom, California governor, via Reuters.
According to the park service,
the Merced River at the Pohono Bridge
is expected to top flood stage later this week.
Park spokeswoman Nancy Phillipe said that
the shutdown marks one of the longest
weather-related closures in the park's history.
Yosemite National Park was established
in 1890 and now covers over 759,000 acres
of land in the southeastern Sierras.
According to Phillipe,
the park sees roughly
4 million visitors every year.
Reuters reports that much of Yosemite National Park
in California will be closed to visitors this weekend due
to forecasts of floods brought on by rapid snowmelt.
The park will be closed from
April 28 to at least May 3. .
According to the National Park Service,
the length of the closure depends on how quickly
melting snow runs off into the Merced River. .
The agency added that reservations would be
canceled and refunded for lodging
and campgrounds in the park.
Reuters reports that the shutdown comes as
Central California is forecast to experience a heat wave that is
expected to hasten melting after record winter snowfall.
Reuters reports that the shutdown comes as
Central California is forecast to experience a heat wave that is
expected to hasten melting after record winter snowfall.
This weather whiplash is
what the climate crisis looks like, Gavin Newsom, California governor, via Reuters.
According to the park service,
the Merced River at the Pohono Bridge
is expected to top flood stage later this week.
Park spokeswoman Nancy Phillipe said that
the shutdown marks one of the longest
weather-related closures in the park's history.
Yosemite National Park was established
in 1890 and now covers over 759,000 acres
of land in the southeastern Sierras.
According to Phillipe,
the park sees roughly
4 million visitors every year.