2023-08-22 11:11:28
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STORM – Death Valley under a downpour. This Californian national park in the western United States was not immune to storm Hilary. The rain record in the park was broken this Sunday, August 20, 2023: 55.9 mm of water measured, only one year after the previous record, which was 43.2 mm on August 5, 2022.
And for good reason : ” Hurricane Hilary dumped a year’s worth of rain in a single day » explains a communiqué of Death Valley Park. As you can see in our video at the top of the article, the park is closed until further notice but 400 residents, tourists, and employees are still trapped inside. They took refuge in three tourist villages in the Valley where hotels and restaurants can accommodate them, in Furnace Creek, Stovepipe Wells and Panamint Springs.
The National Parks Team and California Highway Patrols are still looking for anyone stranded in the more remote areas of the park […] and try to find a way out […] so that visitors and employees can leave the park safely ».
Direction Oregon and Idaho
The flooding that hit Death Valley caused extensive property damage, including damaging roads. A park spokeswoman, Abby Wines, testified to SFGATE what ” many visitors tried to drive through the floodwaters despite the roads being impassable, which caused many punctures.
Storm Hilary hit Mexico and California this weekend, causing extensive damage across the US state. In Palm Springs for example, all the roads were flooded: the inhabitants found themselves stuck, with no way to reach or leave the city. The hurricane also wreaked havoc in Cathedral City, where residents and their homes were pinned down by mud and water, prompting evacuations by backhoe loaders. Storm Hilary is now heading into Oregon and Idaho.
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