Multiple rock slides at Yosemite National Park this week have forced the park to close multiple entrances, including one incident that killed two people on Tuesday, local authorities reported.
The California park shut down its El Portal entrance on Tuesday, after one rock slide killed visitors Georgios Theocharous, and Ming Yan, a married couple from San Jose, according to NBC News. The entrance was reopened the next day.Another entrance was closed on Friday evening from a rock slide, the park reported, as a winter storm causes hazardous conditions in the mountainous terrain.
Big Oak Flat Road is temporarily closed east of Foresta due to a rockfall; there is no access to Yosemite Valley via Hwy 120 from the west. Yosemite Valley is accessible via Highways 41 and 140. Call 209/372-0200 to check road conditions and chain requirements.The entrance was reopened Saturday afternoon, and no fatalities or injuries have been reported with the latest incident. Friday's rockslide marked the third closure this month, after a larger slide occurred at the same entrance on Dec.
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