[NYPOST] Massive floodwaters ravaged Yellowstone National Park and nearby communities Monday, washing out roads and bridges, cutting off electricity, and forcing visitors to evacuate parts of the iconic park at the height of summer tourist season.
All entrances to Yellowstone were closed due to the deluge, caused by heavy rains and melting snowpack, while park officials ushered tourists out of the most affected areas.
There were no immediate reports of injuries, though dozens of stranded campers had to be rescued by raft in south-central Montana. Authorities also said they would be assessing a potential "loss of homes and structures" in Montana’s Stillwater County.
Elsewhere, some of the worst damage happened in the northern part of the Yellowstone and the park’s gateway communities in southern Montana. National Park Service photos of northern Yellowstone showed a landslide, a bridge washed out over a creek, and roads badly undercut by churning floodwaters of the Gardner and Lamar rivers.
Courtesy of Skidmark: Home is swept away by surging Yellowstone River amid 'unprecedented' flooding that's closed national park for first time in 34 YEARS as families are rescued on rafts
- Major flooding has created mudslides, rockslides and power outages inside of Yellowstone National Park
- The National Park Service said that the flooding is 'beyond record levels'
- Yellowstone National Park closed all of its entrances and says they will remain closed Tuesday and Wednesday at a minimum
- It's the first time since 1988 that the park has been shut down in the summer
- A house, designated for employees of the park, was shown on video being swept away by the Yellowstone River amid rising flood levels
- More rain, along with snow showers and thunderstorms, are predicted for Tuesday
- At least one community, considered a 'gateway' to the park, has been declared 'isolated' in the wake of the flooding
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