Death Valley: Over a year's worth of rain in past 14 days; millions in damage

[Newsjock]

https://www.facebook.com/DeathValleyRoadConditions/posts/928315517259103

Last night the northern sections of Death Valley National Park were hit with severe thunderstorms and heavy rain. The storm specifically hit the Scotty's Castle and Ubehebe Crater area.

Eight vehicles full of visitors and three park rangers were stuck in the Ubehebe Crater area overnight. All individuals are fine. We do have a plane flying today to search for any additional visitors that may be stranded in the park.

Death Valley has received over one year's worth of rain over the past 14 days. All roads within the park except CA 190 and NV 374 are closed. Over 1,000 miles of road are closed. Millions of dollars in flood damage will take months to repair.

There is currently only one route open from Las Vegas to the park. 160 to Pahrump - 372/178 to Shoshone - 127 to Death Valley Junction (multiple water flows over 9" deep but passable) - and then 190 into the park.

[Wellstone ruled]

1. Main Hwy from Vegas to Reno is closed

at Hwy 95 and Nevada Hwy 160. Closed for 140 miles due to a fire at a Radio Active Waste Dump fire.

[CanonRay]

6. Do you have a link for this? I'm driving this later in the week.

Thanks!

[Wellstone ruled]

7. Hwy 95 will be open at 5 pm this afternoon.

No measurable Radiation as per Nye County Sheriff at 4 pm presser.

[malaise]

2. One year's rain over the past 14 days

These heavy downpours are happening all over the globe - climate change is real

[Warpy]

3. Yes, we had a 10 inch snowfall last spring

that was the second or third biggest since records were first kept. Lucky for us it was spring and not December so it was gone in a few days. This town has no snowplows. The Feds have a few for the high passes on the Interstates and they don't share.

[malaise]

4. It's really scary

I'm going to find a list just for this year.

[mountain grammy]

5. Wow, was there last November. Can't even imagine that much rain there.

Remarkable place.