Officials have sealed off Yellowstone National Park with more rain expected to exacerbate road and bridge damage.
The rainfall has affected residents in the region, such as the isolated community of Gardiner. Sholly said the park is working with state and county officials to support residents.
“We’ve got so many Montana communities right now that are being flooded and without electricity and our heart goes out to them,” said Katrina Wiese, president and CEO of“We know that the park is definitely closed for the next two days,” Wiese said. “And after that, they have to wait for the waters to subside to see the impact and the damage — that’ll give them a better look at how long it’s going to take to reopen the park.
Known as an “atmospheric river,” the storm system produced record rainfall in parts of Washington and Oregon,. The atmospheric river was rated a level 5 out of 5 by the Center for Western Weather and Water Extremes. “It’s remarkably unusual to have an AR5 [Category 5 atmospheric river] in June in the Northwest,” Marty Ralph, who directs the center, told the Capital Weather Gang.
Rainfall measurements from the park indicate 2 to 3 inches fell over the past three days. The torrents were preceded by “unseasonably warm weather,” which caused snow in the high terrain to melt into rivers and streams,
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