Date uploaded: 2022-06-15 00:08:14
“I’ve never seen this, not in my lifetime,” said Austin King, a firefighter and EMT in Gardiner, Montana, a town just outside Yellowstone's busy northern entrance.
Yellowstone National Park officials assessed widespread damage Tuesday as the park remained closed amid dangerous floods, mudslides and rockslides that have eroded roads, ripped apart bridges and forced evacuations this week. The water started to slowly recede Tuesday and one key highway reopened, but the record-level floods left all five entrances to the park closed through at least Wednesday, officials said.
There were no reports of injuries or deaths as of Tuesday afternoon, but floodwaters swept away a number of homes, bridges and other structures. The northern part of the park suffered the worst damage.
The full scope of the damage was not known Tuesday, leaving it unclear when roads might reopen or when residents in neighboring communities might be able to return. For more updates, visit the link in our bio.
📸: @apnews, Frank Piscani (USA TODAY Network)
