Yellowstone adds indoor mask mandate due to rise in COVID cases
Of the 10 most-visited national parks of 2021, four now have indoor mask requirements.
Of the 10 most-visited national parks of 2021, four now have indoor mask requirements.
The trial for WNBA star Brittney Griner began Friday, the 135th day of her detainment in Moscow. A second person this week has been attacked by a bison at Yellowstone National Park - a 71 year old Pennsylvania woman who sustained non-life-threatening injuries. And conservationists say at least 11 sharks – some of them great whites – have been spotted in the Cape Cod area in the last week.
This is the second report in three days of bison attacking tourists in the park, and the third report in a month.
A man and his son were visiting Yellowstone National Park when they got too close to a male bison. They were flung into the air, and the father is now being treated for injuries to his arm.
The man was walking with his family on a boardwalk when "a bull bison charged the group," the park said.
Officials in Wyoming reopened parts of Yellowstone National Park after historic flooding. Cam Sholly, superintendent of Yellowstone, joins CBS News' John Dickerson to discuss the recovery efforts.
Tourists crowded several entrances to Yellowstone National Park when it partially reopened on Wednesday, following closures due to record flooding that destroyed homes and roads, forced evacuations and left portions of the area indefinitely inaccessible to visitors.
Parts of Yellowstone National Park will start reopening to a restricted number of visitors this week after historic flooding knocked out roads and bridges, but the northern area will remain closed. People in Odessa, Texas can safely drink their tap water again after a water main break last Monday forced them to boil it first. And, “Jurassic World: Dominion” roared into the top spot at the box office for the second straight weekend, raking in an estimated 58 million dollars.
The park's south loop will have limited service beginning Wednesday at 8 a.m., the park service said.
The popular tourist destination that sees about 2 million visitors every summer.
Aerial footage recorded Thursday shows the extent of flooding that ravaged Yellowstone National Park and its surrounding communities this week.
Flooding over the last several days has forced the popular summer tourist destination to remain closed.
"None of us planned a 500-year flood event on the Yellowstone when we designed these facilities," said Debi Meling, Billings' public works director.
Search and rescue teams used helicopters to locate and successfully evacuate people who were left stranded in the wake of historic floods that tore through Yellowstone National Park this week.
The popular tourist destination that sees 2 million visitors every summer is completely shut down.
Massive floodwaters ravaged Yellowstone National Park, washing out roads and bridges, cutting off electricity, and forcing visitors to evacuate. CBS News' Jonathan Vigliotti has the story of one family that lost everything.
The flooding triggered evacuations, cut off electricity and forced Yellowstone officials to close all entrances indefinitely.
A cabin fell into a river near Yellowstone National Park on Monday as a deluge caused by heavy rains and melting snowpack ravaged the iconic park and nearby communities.
Massive floodwaters ravaged Yellowstone National Park and nearby communities Monday, washing out roads and bridges, cutting off electricity and forcing visitors to evacuate parts of the iconic park.
All entrances to Yellowstone were closed due to the deluge, caused by heavy rains and melting snowpack, while park officials ushered tourists out of the most affected areas.
Official say it's the first reported goring in the national park this year. The Ohio woman was taken to a hospital with a puncture wound and other injuries.
There were no reports of damage or injuries.
This bison charged at a man after he got too close for comfort for the bovine at Yellowstone National Park last week.
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