The entire park, which stretches across parts of Wyoming, Montana and Idaho, will be closed to visitors, including those with booking and camping reservations, at least until Wednesday, as officials estimate damage to roads, bridges and more. facilities. Current conditions of Yellowstone North Entrance Road through Gardner Canyon between Gardiner, Montana and Mammoth Hot Springs. We will continue to communicate about this dangerous situation as more information is available. More information: pic.twitter.com/S5ysi4wf8a – Yellowstone National Park (@YellowstoneNPS) June 13, 2022 All five entrances to the park were closed to incoming traffic for the first summer after a series of devastating fires in 1988. The National Park Service was trying to reach visitors and staff staying at various locations, especially on the north side of affected Yellowstone. more, officials said. “Our first priority was to evacuate the northern part of the park where we have a lot of road and bridge failures, mud landslides and other problems,” park inspector Kam Soly said in a statement. The Gardiner River along the north entrance to Yellowstone National Park is high enough to have washed away part of the road. Photo: AP The Gardiner Gate community in Montana, just north of the park’s northern boundary and home to many Yellowstone staff, has been cut off by a landslide in the area, according to the National Park Service. Electricity was cut off in many areas of the park, and preliminary estimates showed that several sections of road across Yellowstone were either washed away or covered in rock and mud, and several bridges were also damaged, the park’s service said. Several roads in the southern part of the park were on the verge of flooding, according to the agency. 13/6/22 at 2:15 p.m. UPDATE: In effect immediately, there will be no inbound traffic at any of the five entrances to Yellowstone National Park on Tuesday, June 14th and Wednesday, June 15th at least. Learn more: https://t.co/Kz2sEbOS7a – Yellowstone National Park (@YellowstoneNPS) June 13, 2022 Floods and landslides were caused by days of torrential rains in the park and heavy rainfall over much of the area after one of the wetter springs for many years. The park service described the levels of rainfall and floods sweeping the park as unprecedented. A sudden rise in summer temperatures over the past three days has also accelerated the melting and drainage of snow that has accumulated at the park’s highest altitudes from late winter storms. Heavy rainfall and rapid snowfall converged to create fraudulent conditions in the park just two weeks after the traditional start of the U.S. Summer Holiday Memorial Week weekend, which accounts for most of Yellowstone’s annual 4 million visitors. .
