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It remains unclear when the park will reopen.

ByNicole BonaccorsoJune 15, 2022

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Pedestrians walk down a street washed away from Rock Creek floodwaters in Red Lodge, Mont., Wednesday, June 15, 2022. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

Yellowstone National Park is still closed after historic flooding washed out roads and bridges and triggered rockslides starting on Monday.

Photos show damaged roads and bridges as the Yellowstone River reached at least two feet above record levels due to rain and snowmelt. Hundreds of homes in nearby communities were damaged by the swollen river as the area received more than eight inches of rain between Friday and Monday. So far, no one has been reported hurt or killed by the flooding event.

(MORE: Home Collapses into Flooded Yellowstone River)

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By Tuesday evening, more than 10,000 visitors were evacuated from Yellowstone National Park, according to the Associated Press.

Tourists and residents were stranded in the nearby town of Gardiner, Montana, on Tuesday. Later that day at least one road out of the town was partially reopened, offering a possible escape route for some of the people in cut off areas.

(MORE: One Road Partially Reopens After 'Unprecedented' Flooding Strands Tourists, Residents Near Yellowstone)

It remains unclear when the park will reopen. The park may remain closed as long as a week, and Yellowstone's Superintendent Cam Sholly said that the park's northern entrances may not reopen at all this summer.

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