Record rainfall floods Death Valley National Park, sweeping cars away and leaving around a thousand visitors and park workers stranded.
Record rainfall Friday trigged flash floods at Death Valley National Park that swept away cars, closed all roads and stranded hundreds of visitors and workers.
Since 1936, the only single day with more rain was April 15, 1988, when 1.47 inches fell, park officials said. The National Weather Service reported that all park roads had been closed after 1 to 2 inches of rain fell in a short amount of time.The storm followed another major flooding event earlier this week at the park 120 miles northeast of Las Vegas. Some roads were closed Monday after they were inundated with mud and debris from flash floods that also hit western Nevada and northern Arizona hard.
Sirlin said it took him about 6 hours to drive about 35 miles out of the park from near the Inn at Death Valley.
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