Yellowstone National Park Closed ‘Indefinitely’ Following Flooding

This is astounding of no loss of human life. Thank you to volunteers, search and rescue and the National Guard and so many more. Some of these organizations are nonprofit. If you can, donate to them to show them your heart felt appreciation.

This is how the face of the earth has changed throughout all millennia. It's just not often that we have witnessed it firsthand. I feel sorry for the surrounding communities that rely on Yellowstone's tourism industry.

You gotta hand it to the people who built that bunkhouse; not only did it stay in one piece, it was even seaworthy! :)

Another thing people can do to help: If you were planning on going to Yellowstone this summer, visit the towns north of it instead, once the roads open again. Gardiner, Cooke City and other communities around YNP survive almost completely on tourism. You don't have to pay to explore those areas (unless you come across a state park and don't have Montana plates), and the close proximity to Yellowstone means they have pretty much all the same wildlife. You can fish, hike and camp, and it would be a huge blessing to those communities if you pump your vacation money into their economies as you'd originally planned.

I live in this area. I believe some of Yellowstone will be open in a few weeks. The larger wildlife are OK. The ground dwellers, not so much.

This is so hard to watch. Brings back memories back home. Watching your own home carried away by raging waters. Praying for all your safety in Montana/Yellowstone. 💖Philippines

It’s not just Yellowstone park. It’s most of southern Montana

I hope the indigenous population in that region is safe. The news media often ignores them and their situation. Praying for them to get through this.

Why do I feel like this is the beginning of something awful. God bless us all.

I am so grateful that I made it out to Yellowstone for the first time last September. Absolutely the most beautiful experience I’ve had. I am saddened that Yellowstone and the surrounding area is experiencing the effects of catastrophic weather changes.

There used to be a thick fringe of redwood trees up and down the Pacific coast of America that captured and softened storms coming in from the west . I wonder what happened to that.

Thank goodness he's got rubber boots on to really give us an idea how deep the water is. Such a risk taker to get that footage where you're standing.

And they will build right back on top of the water and wonder why it happens again.

We’ve been warned. For the last decade at least.

If mother nature says not today, then that's how its gonna be...😏

Prayers for my favorite states love u guys

I was just there three weeks ago and I stayed at a hotel within walking distance to the northern entrance of the park and I just cannot believe what I am seeing! I know that red house that went down the river, I was amazed at it because a few days after arriving there, it was a beautiful, sunny and warm day, and the day I left, I woke to snow covering my car. As I went down the mountain, I observed the red house but now covered and surrounded with snow, wow. I am thankful no one has lost their life and was able to get out safely. I am going to go through my pictures to see if I took one of this house.

Absolutely heartbreaking 😪

For anyone who lives in the area we all witnessed the storm over Memorial day weekend where the Bear tooth and other ranges received up to six feet of snow. Then came a warmer storm where it dumped rain. I was on the bear tooth highway Sunday and it was raining at over 10,000 feet. It turned to snow but was wet snow. All that rain on top of a pretty thick snow pack led to a massive amount of water flowing off all these peaks and into the lower creeks and rivers. Its been a wild spring out here. Most of the snow we received came in the spring.

When nature comes back to reclaim it's territory.