Debris from monsoonal rain immobilize sixty cars, belonging to visitors and park staff, in Death Valley National Park at the Inn at Death Valley on Friday, Aug. 5, 2022. (National Park Service/National Park Service/TNS)LOS ANGELES — Death Valley National Park, famous for its parched, otherworldly landscapes, closed completely Friday because of historic rainfall and flash flooding. Monsoonal rain floods Mud Canyon in Death Valley National Park on Friday, Aug. 5, 2022. (National Park Service/National Park Service/TNS)“The flood waters pushed dumpster containers into parked cars, which caused cars to collide into one another,” the park said in a statement. The last time closure of this size occurred in Death Valley was in August 2004, when a rainstorm caused flash flooding, said Abby Wines, Death Valley’s public information officer.

Source: Los Angeles Times August 06, 2022 14:48 UTC