About 1,000 people are trapped in the park, according to park officials. No injuries have been reported. The park received 1.7 inches of rain Friday morning, an entire year’s worth of rain for the area in a matter of hours. Annual rainfall for the park is 2 inches. Death Valley Flooding: Highway 190 is closed in Death Valley due to flooding Friday morning. FOX5’s Land Robert shared video of flooding in the area that he captured around 7 a.m. Friday. pic.twitter.com/2XGaaL1blE — FOX5 Las Vegas (@FOX5Vegas) August 5, 2022 “Highway 190 is closed and additional roads in the park may be affected or impassable due to flash flooding,” warned a post on the Death Valley National Park Facebook account. “Be extremely careful.” Caltrans has estimated it will take about four to six hours to reopen the roads. “Caltrans and National Park Service crews are working to overcome the ‘management use’ lanes outside the park,” Death Valley National Park spokeswoman Abigail Wines told SFGATE. “Some vehicles were able to exit via CA-190 at Death Valley Junction, depending on the type of vehicle they have.” Here’s a look at some of the flood waters currently flooding over State Route 190 via @DeathValleyNPS. The highway, which runs from Olancha to Death Valley Junction, remains closed at this time due to flooding. pic.twitter.com/z8M4N6ARKH — Caltrans District 9 (@Caltrans9) August 5, 2022 This is the second flood to hit the national park this week. On Monday, a flash flood swept a car off the 190 Freeway, plunging it into debris. No word yet on when the 190 Freeway or the park will reopen. The Associated Press contributed to this story.
