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Yosemite National Park to Close Over Flooding Threat from Snowmelt

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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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  1. Flooding threat from snowmelt prompts rare closure of Yosemite Valley in California  NBC News
  2. Yosemite National Park to close much of valley as flooding risk grows  KTVU FOX 2 San Francisco
  3. Yosemite National Park will be closed for days due to flooding from melting snow  NPR
  4. Yosemite will close gates Friday night due to flooding concerns  KMPH FOX26 NEWS
  5. Most of Yosemite National Park to close Friday over flooding concerns  CNN

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