@guardian

Raging flood waters have pulled houses into rivers and swept away roads and bridges in and around Yellowstone national park. The flooding across parts of southern Montana and northern Wyoming forced the closure of Yellowstone just as a summer tourist season was ramping up. Flooding and slides were triggered by days of torrential showers in the park and steady rains across much of the wider region after one of its wettest springs in many years. The park service characterised the levels of rainfall and flooding sweeping the park as unprecedented. A sudden rise in summer temperatures also hastened melting and runoff of snow. Just north of the park, hundreds of people remained isolated after the Yellowstone River and its tributaries washed away the only roadways #Yellowstone #Wyoming #US #climatecrisis #extremeweather #climate #environment #rainfall #Montana