Yellowstone National Park remains closed this week amid historic, possibly never-before-seen levels of flooding:
Extreme flooding in Yellowstone National Park could constitute a "thousand-year event," National Park Service officials said on a press call Tuesday evening.
"This isn't my words, but I've heard this is a thousand-year event," Yellowstone Superintendent Cam Sholly said. "From what I understand, one of the highest cubic feet per second (CFS) ratings for the Yellowstone River recorded in the ‘90s was at 31,000 CFS, and Sunday night we were at 51,000 CFS."
I believe it. Footage of the river is...well, it's something.
Let's hope those floodwaters recede even more quickly than they came.
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