Yosemite National Park to Close Over Flooding Threat from Snowmelt
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Yosemite Valley in California will close to visitors from 10 p.m. on Friday due to forecasts of floods from rapid snowmelt. The closure will last at least until Wednesday, May 3, possibly longer, depending on how swiftly melting mountain snow runs off into the Merced River through Yosemite Valley. The warm spell is expected to hasten a spring thaw following record winter snowfall in parts of the Sierra Nevada range.
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- Yosemite National Park will be closed for days due to flooding from melting snow NPR
- Yosemite will close gates Friday night due to flooding concerns KMPH FOX26 NEWS
- Most of Yosemite National Park to close Friday over flooding concerns CNN
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