Yellowstone floods: 10,000 evacuated from oldest national park in US
Only visitors left in three-state park a dozen campers making way out of remote area
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Only visitors left in three-state park a dozen campers making way out of remote area
Yellowstone National Park officials say more than 10,000 visitors have been ordered out of the nation’s oldest national park after unprecedented flooding tore through its northern half, washing out bridges and roads and sweeping an employee bunkhouse miles downstream
Communities bordering Yellowstone National Park are isolated and tourists stranded after record floodwaters knocked out roads and bridges in Wyoming and Montana and forced the closure of all entrances to the park.
While no one has been reported killed or injured, waters were only starting to recede Tuesday and the full extent of the destruction wasn’t yet known.
A few Utahns are sharing their experiences after Yellowstone National Park was closed due to major flooding.