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Yellowstone National Park said Tuesday that its northern part could remain closed for “a substantial amount of time” after the historic floods that have devastated roads and damaged properties.
He urged visitors to travel to the park, which straddles three states, over the next few weeks to stay informed about weather and road conditions.
Known damage to the park includes the northern entrance to Mammoth Hot Springs in Gardiner, Montana, mudslides had cut down trees from Tower Junction to the northeast entrance and impacted the road from Tower-Roosevelt to Canyon Junction and a road from Canyon Junction to Fishing Bridge. “potentially compromised.”
Electricity continued to run out of electricity at various locations in the park and water and wastewater systems in Canyon Village and Mammoth Hot Springs are being affected by flooding conditions and are being monitored.
YELLOWSTONE GREAT FLOOD CAUSES THE BRIDGE TO BE CLEARED, ROADS RENEWED
The roar of the Yellowstone River is seen from the air sweeping trees and near houses on Tuesday, June 14, 2022, in Billings, Mt. (Photo by AP / Brittany Peterson)
The National Park Service wrote that many sections of the road are “completely gone” and may not reopen this season, and that all entrances remain temporarily closed.
At least 200 homes were flooded in Red Lodge, Montana, and the city of Fromberg, according to Carbon County authorities.
The flood came after heavy rains and rapid melting snow, which pushed the Yellowstone, Stillwater and Clarks Fork rivers to record levels.
“I’ve heard it’s a 1,000-year-old event, whatever it means these days. It seems to be happening more and more often,” Superintendent Cam Sholly told The Associated Press.
On Tuesday, June 14, 2022, a house was seen being swept away at Rock Creek in Red Lodge, Mont., By a flood. (Photo by AP / Matthew Brown)
THE WOMAN DROWNS WHEN FALLING INTO THE COLORADO RIVER
Water levels were expected to drop on Tuesday afternoon, although more flooding was “possible” over the weekend.
Although no one is known to have been injured or killed in the “unprecedented” floods, more than 10,000 visitors were ordered to evacuate the country’s oldest national park.
Flood damage is seen along a street on Tuesday, June 14, 2022 at Red Lodge, Mount. Residents were cleaning up after record flooding in southern Montana this week. (Photo by AP / Matthew Brown)
The Montana National Guard he said Monday he had sent two helicopters to help with the evacuations.
The only visitors left in the park were a dozen campers leaving the camp.
The waters of the Clarks Fork Yellowstone River surround a house near Bridger, Mont., Monday, June 13, 2022. (Photo AP / Emma H. Tobin)
People left a hospital and low-lying areas in Livingston.
This aerial photo provided by the National Park Service shows the cabin of the lower-tailed black-tailed patrol in Yellowstone National Park on Monday, June 13, 2022. (Jacob W. Frank / National Park Service via AP)
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The flood came in the middle of the tourist season, with more than 4 million visitors to the park last year.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
Julia Musto is a journalist for Fox News Digital. You can find her on Twitter at @JuliaElenaMusto.