Update: Yosemite extends park closure into at least next Thursday
Yosemite National Park is extending their closure through at least next Thursday, according to park officials.
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Yosemite National Park is extending their closure through at least next Thursday, according to park officials.
A longtime ranger said the snow broke a 54-year-old record in Yosemite Valley – and weather predictions show the snow isn't over yet.
One statistic pretty well tells the whole story: 15 feet (4.6 meters) of snow. Some parts of Yosemite National Park are buried under that much frozen precip. As a result, the entire park is closed.
The reopening of Yosemite National Park has been pushed back, and there is now no estimated date for reopening.
Yosemite National Park remains closed through Wednesday.
For a couple of weeks every year, the last rays of daylight hit Horsetail Falls, appearing to set the water alight like a river of lava gushing down a mountainside.
One of social media's most fiery darlings is set to make another sensation in coming weeks.
A rockslide killed two people earlier this week near the entrance to Yosemite National Park, authorities said.
Limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius is the only way to save the remaining glaciers, but last week the U.N. warned there's "no credible pathway" for that to happen.
Lightning-caused blaze discovered last week now estimated at 167 acres
