Scattered thunderstorms continued to hammer parts of southeastern California and southern Nevada on Tuesday.
on Tuesday that it will remain closed through Aug. 14, as crews clean up debris covering equipment after a flash flood on Monday. Some 200 people were"stranded at the tram's valley station for over an hour on Monday as heavy rain caused impassible mudflows along the exit road from the station," the Deseret SunJoshua Tree National Park evacuated visitors from the southern portion of the park on Monday due to heavy monsoon rainfall, officials.
Pinto Basin Road between the South Entrance and Turkey Flats, along with the Cottonwood Visitor Center and Campground, are all temporarily shut down. The northern portion of the park remains open, the park said.Caltrans Death Valley National Park has been shut down since Friday morning, when it was inundated with historic rainfall. Berc said the park received two-thirds of its annual precipitation in one day.
The official gauge recorded 1.46 inches on Aug. 5, nearly breaking the all-time record for most rain in a day of 1.47 inches, with records going back to 1911. Death Valley's average annual precipitation is 2.20 inches. Friday's rain was the first measurable precipitation the park had received in 2022.
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