After winter storms dumped massive amounts of snow on California's mountains, visitors to the state's famed Yosemite National Park can catch a glimpse of rushing streams, scenic waterfalls and hillsides covered in white.
TWIN BRIDGES, Calif. — After winter storms dumped massive amounts of snow on California's mountains, visitors to the state's famed Yosemite National Park can catch a glimpse of rushing streams, scenic waterfalls and hillsides covered in white.
High temperatures speed up the pace of the snowmelt, especially when nighttime temperatures no longer dip below freezing. The eastern section of Yosemite Valley will stay shut at least until May 3, and reservations for campgrounds and lodging in the eastern valley are being canceled and refunded, park officials said. Other sections including western Yosemite Valley will remain open.
California's state climatologist said earlier this week that the state's communities won't likely see imminent flooding from this week's heat wave asBut with so much water coursing through rivers that flow out toward the Pacific Ocean and feed an agricultural basin that has been, officials have warned that a breach in a levee could cause flooding, regardless of temperatures.
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