UPDATE | Hundreds Stuck Inside Death Valley By Hilary
Roughly 400 people were marooned inside Death Valley National Park on Monday due to road damage inflicted by storm Hilary, though crews were working to open some routes out of the park.
Mojave National Preserve
Hilary Closes Death Valley National Park, Visitors Urged To "Turn Around, Don't Drown"
Death Valley National Park closed Sunday as torrential rains from Tropical Storm Hilary pummeled the park, spurring flash floods that were undercutting roads and prompting park officials to urge anyone still in the park to "turn around, don't drown." Mojave National Preserve, Lake Mead National Recreation Area, and Joshua Tree National Park all had closed a day earlier because of the historic storm.
UPDATE | National Parks Bracing For Floods
With the prospect of "catastrophic" flooding in the forecast, Death Valley and Joshua Tree national parks, along with Mojave National Preseve and Lake Mead National Recreation Area, braced Saturday for the arrival of Tropical Storm Hilary.
- August 19th, 2023
UPDATE | National Parks On Alert For Flooding From Tropical Storm Hilary
Flash flood watches stretched from Utah to California on Friday and parts of Joshua Tree National Park in the Golden State were closed as a precaution against any flooding caused by Tropical Storm Hilary.
York Fire At Mojave National Preserve Surpasses 94,000 Acres
Firefighters slowly were making progress on containing the York Fire in Mojave National Preserve in California, although a drying trend with higher daily temperatures was returning to the area.
Monsoonal Weather Helping Firefighters On York Fire In Mojave National Preserve
Arrival of monsoonal weather brought some help to firefighters battling the York Fire in Mojave National Preserve, as the higher humidity helped slow the fire's progress as containment lines were scratched around nearly a quarter of the blaze.
Mojave National Preserve's York Fire Approaching 80,000 Acres In Size
High winds and hot temperatures were combining to drive the York Fire, a nearly 80,000-acre blaze ignited in Mojave National Preserve in California that was being fought by nearly 300 firefighters Monday.
Judge Blocks Controversial Cadiz Water Project In Mojave Desert
A controversial pipe to pull billions of gallons of groundwater from beneath the Mojave Desert in California has been blocked by a federal judge, who ruled the review of the project by the Bureau of Land Management "was a decision not to engage in review."
- September 16th, 2022
Use Your Eyes, Not GPS, When Driving To Mojave National Preserve
This summer's monsoonal deluges have so impacted roads through Mojave National Preserve that the National Park Service warns you not to use GPS technology to plan your trip through the preserve, as you could just end up stuck on a closed road, as the drive in the photo above did.
- September 2nd, 2022
Flash Floods Again Close Mojave National Preserve Roads
Flash floods washed across Mojave National Preserve in California on Friday and again forced closure of the preserve's roads. One motorist who ignored the road closures saw their car trapped in the resulting quagmire.
- August 26th, 2022
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