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Built for what was normal last century, not for the extreme and unpredictable that is becoming normal in this. for the benefit and enjoyment of the people, says the grand old gate. not right now. this northern entrance likely will not open again this summer, because that one road in will take months to fix. >> there is nobody here. there is one hotel thats actually shutting down, told all its employees to go home. >> reporter: you were booked? >> we were booked solid for a year. we were booked f...

By bear tooth slingshot rentals monday morning, showing damage in red lodge, montana. its all because of heavy rainfall combined with runoff from melting snow. roads in and out of yellowstone will be closed through tomorrow. and officials say the town of gardner has been left isolated, surrounded by water. thats where elizabeth alec lives, and she joins me now. elizabeth, hi. i mean, it looks beautiful, but my goodness. i appreciate you joining us. how you doing? and your friends and neighbors a...

Town of gardner, but now go into the park. but that was a bit much for the town to handle. but most of them were able to evacuate today, this afternoon. so that was good. >> well, it doesnt look like -- obviously, the complete danger is behind you because the yellowstone superintendent is warning tonight there will be another high water event in if upcoming days. what have you been hearing from officials in your town? are they preparing? >> they are preparing, but i havent heard that we need to ...

And officials say the town of gardner has been left isolated, surrounded by water. thats where elizabeth alec lives, and she joins me now. elizabeth, high. i mean, it looks beautiful, but my goodness. i appreciate you joining us. how you doing? your friends an neighbors as well? >> were doing okay. actually the road just opened to the north a few hours ago. so the tourists were able to leave. theyre letting people leave. theyre not letting people enter at this time. so were now open. thats good....

RED LODGE, Mont. (AP) — The forces of fire and ice shaped Yellowstone National Park...

The oldest national park in america closed to the public. ana. >> nick watt there in gardner, montana, thank you. roads and bridges, in some cases houses, washed out by this historic flooding in montana. you see this image by now, its cru incredible how powerful the water is. so many people have been forced to evacuate, some have been tapped without great safety water. the manager in park county, montana, that video was taken in park county, greg, give us an update on what you are seeing right n...

Apparently, they are not in danger. like 10,000 people were brought out of the park. many here, gardner and roads from gardner north was blocked, washed away, bridges down. so helicopters are taking people out to safety. this part of the park will be months to be opened. the west could be opened sooner. park officials are saying they might have to have a reservation system in order to prevent that part of the park becoming overwhelmed. now, there is also the potential of more to come. there is s...

HELENA, Mont. (AP) — A torrent of rain combined with a rapidly melting snowpack caused...

Not quite as many thunderstorms today but they still will be out there. and the heat will last through most of the weekend, brianna. >> chad, thank you for that. >> welcome. we have stunning pictures this morning out of yellowstone. the yellowstone river is at its highest elevation in more than 100 years. unprecedented rainfall causing heavy flooding and rock slides in the park. the entrances to the park are temporarily closed. they will be so for at least the next two days. we have individual...

Yellowstone river there. >> this is up in gardner, montana, there, and maybe the folks who looked at our report a couple weeks ago of houses falling into the ocean in the outer banks thought, boy, good thing were in montana and wouldnt have to worry about this, but the yellowstone river was so so super charged, not only by intense rains but melting snow result of the heat dome, which just completely obliterated and they had floods back in 89, i believe, and 97 and locals are saying this is nothi...