Three popular campgrounds at Yosemite National Park will be temporarily closed starting Monday because of a forecast of flooding as warming temperatures melt the Sierra Nevada’s massive snowpack.
Park officials said Sunday that the Lower and North Pines Campgrounds and the Housekeeping Camp will be shut over fears that waterways could overspill their banks.“The combination of extended hot weather and abundant snow means the Merced River may remain above flood stage for some time,” the park said in a statement. An update on the closures will be provided Monday evening.Sign up for NBC Bay Area’s Housing Deconstructed newsletter.
Late last month, eastern sections of the famed Yosemite Valley were closed for a few days over fears of floods that never materialized. Spring weather is quickly melting huge amounts of snow that accumulated in mountains from a series of epic winter storms. Storm runoff has caused flooding of San Joaquin Valley agricultural fields below the southern Sierra. But the major melt of the massive snowpack has yet to occur.
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