Over the weekend, nearly a year's worth of rain fell on the California national park in just three hours.
The severe flooding that recently hit Death Valley is an event only seen once in a thousand years, according to the National Park Service .
Nearly a year's worth of rain fell on the California national park in just three hours, and caused severe damage to surrounding areas,, calling it a"historic event." The NPS expects roads within the park to be closed for"days to months depending on the severity of damage." "The heavy rain that caused the devastating flooding at Death Valley was an extremely rare, 1000-year event," Daniel Berc, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service Las Vegas, said in the NPS statement.has caused"severe asphalt damage" to hundreds of miles of roads throughout the area. Flood debris washed onto roads has made access to some areas of the park"impossible by vehicle," the NPS said.
A picture shows the remnants of the Beatty Cutoff road in the Death Valley National Park. The National Park Service said this is"one of countless areas of severe road damage.""Death Valley is an incredible place of extremes," said park superintendent Mike Reynolds."This week's 1,000-year flood is another example of this extreme environment.
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