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The National Park Service is closing most of Yosemite Valley, as the Merced River is expected to reach flood levels Thursday night. The closure starts at 10 a.m. Friday, the park service said Tuesday.
The eastern part of Yosemite Valley is closed until at least May 3. Closures remain in Yosemite National Park as flood levels rise. Here’s what it looks like now
Emerald Pool is the name of several locations.. Emerald Pool in Yosemite National Park Visitors slide down the granite into Emerald Pool in violation of park rules. [1] One of the warning signs prohibiting swimming or wading in Emerald Pool Emerald Pool at flood stage, May 2006 Silver Apron at flood stage, May 2006
The Merced River, shown here downstream from Yosemite Valley, flooded torrentially from December 31 – 5 January 1996–97.. The January 1997 flood of the Merced River (flooded/flooded from the watershed/floodplain of the Merced River) occurred from December 31, 1996, to January 5, 1997, throughout the Yosemite Valley in Yosemite National Park, Mariposa County, California, US.
In June 1997, Yosemite was provided with $178.5 million to repair and replace infrastructure, resources, and property damaged by the floods including an additional $79.2 million. It took until 2012 for the final flood recovery funds to be obligated. [9]
Yosemite National Park officials were initially concerned of the risk of flooding.
Yosemite National Park (/ j oʊ ˈ s ɛ m ɪ t i / yoh-SEM-ih-tee [5]) is a national park of the United States in California. [ 6 ] [ 7 ] It is bordered on the southeast by Sierra National Forest and on the northwest by Stanislaus National Forest .