“Meadows turned into lakes, streams became rushing rivers and the Merced River spread in all directions. Yosemite Village's parking lot was flooded, cabins in low-lying areas were ...

but minor flooding continued along the swollen Merced River in Yosemite National Park. The river crested at 13.73 feet at Pohono Bridge, rising 4 feet above flood stage and inundating campgrounds ...

The Merced River in Yosemite Valley has reached flood stage, the National Weather Service said. Related Articles Map: People drowned or swept away in California rivers, spring and summer 2023 At ...

The National Park Service is closing most of Yosemite Valley, as the Merced River is expected to reach flood levels Thursday night. The closure starts at 10 a.m. Friday, the park service said Tuesday.

On March 1, Yosemite's team measured the Merced River drainage, which was at 72 percent of average snowpack, while the Tuolumne River stood at 83 percent. "This current storm should push us closer ...

The river reaches a flooding level when it's at 10 feet. This means that Yosemite will be closed to visitors as the flooding takes place. This photo shows the Merced River running through Yosemite ...

A provocative new hypothesis suggests that Yosemite Valley was carved by an ancient volcano and a disappearing river, both of which have long since eroded away. Geologists have long debated why ...

Snow surveys conducted May 1 were 231% of average for the Merced River basin and 253% of average for the Tuolumne River basin. "I've been in Yosemite for 27 years and I've never seen this much ...

Credit: NPS/Public Domain. The second mystery is that in California's Central Valley, where the Merced River spills out of Yosemite and creates a fan-shaped layer of sediment it has carried from ...