Yellowstone - Flooded & Closed

Recent rainfalls over the past 36 hours sent record amounts of water into the park’s Yellowstone River, which has washed out roads & supply lines into the world’s first national park.
This is Yellowstone’s 150th Anniversary!!!!
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[@tree4408]

Thanks for information. Animals of the park jumping up and down for a quiet summer!

[@bigshrimpin6992]

Exactly leave the area alone

[@cindygaughan3496]

It’s nice that the animals get a break! Easy for me to say, I’ve been to the park a few times one of which includes working there a full summer! Animals need a break, sad for those families who are missing out on their YSP vacations!

[@lolo-su6ig]

the bison prancing with joy was adorable!! thank you for the upload & update 🌿🌻

[@TS-mq1fj]

This guy should be a Spokesman for the NPS.

[@ZooomaCW]

He'd get paid a lot less than what he's pulling in with his number of KZbin views.

[@Aethelrose]

The sunshine after a flood is so obstinate. I remember looking at the sky thinking "look at you acting so calm like you didn't just do this" while I stood next to a brand new flowing lake where the city of Everson used to be.

[@papasquat355]

The sky looks down and laughs at your frustration and then just glances over the mountain to decide what to do next.

[@Aethelrose]

@@papasquat355 you're damn right

[@justicegusting2476]

The scientific principle about the park’s visitors being evacuated is known as, “Fuch’s Deviant to Testlicle’s Law” which states “What goes in, MUST come out”.

[@MarcoPollo77]

Well said

[@thesaint1517]

Wow. We go lucky! We spent 18 days in the park and stayed and or visited all these places a couple of weeks ago. My wife and I are devastated with the news and our prayers are with those trapped in those areas.

[@citizen-F]

The landscape will never be the same!! All those geothermal pools full of phosphorus and other acids with brittle "crusts" washed out, the mudd pots!! Bridges and lakes! Junctions!!! ALL FOREVER CHANGED!!! I HOPE YOU TOOK LOTS OF PICS???

[@avonsix]

@HONESTENGINE emotionally devastated? as most people would be? I can’t exactly relate but I can understand those who have emotional connections to the land. A lot of houses and farmland are destroyed. people’s livelihoods.

[@citizen-F]

@HONESTENGINE places and things we did and went/seen that may be unrecognizable, flooded and damaged!! Or wiped out of existence!! Mudd pots, geothermal features throughout! Special areas only employees pass on to other employees! Most of the acidic pools with brittle crusts, washed out changing colors and size/undersurface After 5 seasons working all over that park getting to know MOST of it's wonder!!! I AM HEARTBROKEN THAT IT WON'T BE THE SAME!! not even after clean up and rebuilding. DOES THAT MAKE YOU HAPPY NOW??

[@citizen-F]

@HONESTENGINE to the extent of rebuilding highway 89 alone!! They are gonna have to blast away some of the mountains leading to mammoth hot springs!!! And if stories are true there are lots of good places that are Destroyed and lost

[@user-yl4rh8vn8c]

@HONESTENGINE Grow the hell up.

[@lighteninggazelle816]

I wish we could take a day of that rain and bring it here to Arizona!! I can’t remember the last time I saw it rain here 🥵

[@calci2679]

Hopefully we will have a good monsoon season, fellow Arizonan

[@JennyWren333]

With you in thought and wishes, from SF Bay Area.

[@kericue2065]

Same here in Las Vegas 🥵😭 I feel like we're a mile away from the sun and half a mile away from hell. LoL

[@marschlosser4540]

Viva Arizona. I live north of Tucson and Oracle (on SR 77) got like 21 inches during the monsoons last year. Then, almost nothing all winter. We already got some sprinkles, and that's 'way early here. May it rain!

[@TexasGalOnTheHill]

Same here in S. Texas. Total drought...c

[@lindamoses3697]

Thank you. Interesting. I love Yellowstone. My Dad was in an old time Western band for the dances they used to have at Old Faithful. The Range Riders. We often camped there and at Phillip's Lodge where my folks met.

[@barbarakenney8288]

Awesome memories

[@sleeplessinthecarolinas8118]

The reflection of those clouds in that lake is spectacular!

[@practicingpreparedness100]

I use to live there.. I’m now in Texas it’s been about 110 for the last couple weeks no rain in months and my creek is dry…. What a huge difference

[@jannastern4620]

Best report of what’s happening in the park that I could find. Be safe.

[@M-Is-For-Margaret]

I love that last bit at the end where the buffalos are happily prancing about ;p

[@YosemiteJ]

I was just there couple weeks ago. Almost pushed it back a 2 weeks because I thought the weather would be nicer in mid June. Weather was still bad, but not flash flood bad. WOWZERS

[@maryjennings228]

2017 I took my sister to Yellowstone. Also the Eclipes in Nebraska. I'm so glad we went. This is sad💔 Peace💞🌎

[@matthalpin1981]

Another thorough report. Thank you Park Junkie!

[@HH-om4uv]

Wow beautiful backdrop on the opening scene, looks so serenity.

[@jimschleich8753]

Thanks for the man on the scene report. Some wild weather out there!! Hope everyone is taking it seriously and being extra cautious. Like the song says "Never turn your back on Mother Earth".

[@user-yl4rh8vn8c]

Humans are causing this climate change.

[@jimschleich8753]

@@user-yl4rh8vn8c it ain't the squirrels.

[@guermeisterdoodlebug7980]

This will be my thirty-second consecutive year going to Livingston-Yellowstone-west Yellowstone, the same two weeks of late July every year. During those years since 1990 I have experienced record heat of 103° and I have driven through snow flurries. Now, this.

[@TheMuse6959]

I was there in 1959 when half the mountain came down on a camp ground killing many. Yellowstone is a nexus of danger. The flooding is God's way of saying "don't be here now.". Remember the real rainbow message, that God would never again destroy his creation by water. The Earth is preserved for a fiery end. Read the end of Revelation.

[@gooldenwending]

The road's not going to be there to go from Livingston into Yellowstone via Gardiner this summer.

[@guermeisterdoodlebug7980]

@@gooldenwendingYessir, and images I’m seeing make me doubt that it will be open next year. Last year my Africa photo safari was canceled at last minute due to Covid, causing me to miss traditional Montana trip. I worried it would happen again so I dropped out of rescheduled Africa just to go back to Montana. Now, Africa has been declared safe and Yellowstone unsafe. Oh, the irony.

[@MissionaryInMexico]

Montana, one of my favorite states, is getting HAMMERED right now. Keep them in prayer!

[@RonRaffety]

Great update on startling floods & Yellowstone closure. Stunning photo at the end.

[@grrrrr2936]

My buddy owns a business in Gardiner. No electricity or clean water. All roads out of Gardiner are washed out or flooded. He said there is a section of 89 north of Gardiner that is covered in 8 feet of water.

[@debbydunn1454]

Thanks for the update

[@daybyday1664]

Wow. Nature is awesome. Not so much for tourists, but the area sure needs the rainfall before we bake this summer.

[@lukebieniek9069]

This is not due to nature folks. Its the powder puffers in their amazing airplanes.

[@peteshallcross787]

This is heartbreaking! I'm from Wisconsin and Montana is like a 2nd home to me! I know that area, Gardiner and Red Lodge and the area north of Yellowstone. So sorry for the people who live there and the business owners. I can't imagine some of these roads even being open next year. They have a short season for road construction. :(

[@thomastuorto9929]

Most important thing is everybody is safe & healthy. Hopefully everyone is insured. With drouts, fires floods tornados & hurricanes, you ever get the feeling mother nature is reclaiming. Maybe an indian god giving back what was taken.

[@peteshallcross787]

@@thomastuorto9929 Agreed, devastating. Been going there since '78, was there last year. My fav river is taking everything in it's path. The destruction, pollution and loss of wildlife has only just begun.

[@debbiew.7716]

Covid hit them hard as well.

[@douglasw5371]

I feel bad for the business in the park area they make most of their money in a few summer months and need that to make it thru the tough winter months. Between economic swings, covid and natural disasters they do all they can just to get by.

[@peteshallcross787]

@@douglasw5371 Me too. Best of luck in their recovery from this Wisconsinite.

[@johnchedsey1306]

that was a great but wow, it was impossible not be distracted by that picture perfect reflection in the lake behind you. Yellowstone will always deliver the scenic goods.

[@LindseyDara]

Wow those bison were dancing! 4:10

[@cynthiamosley2264]

Praying for safe travels for anyone in the area and for the park to recover.

[@lunanegra6253]

As humans we only think about us but we tend to forget about all of the animals this have lost their home. Mother Nature knows what she is doing and I’m happy to see the animals dancing around. Water is life AHO OSHUN!!

[@threefreaksonaleash6619]

Exactly 🌱✊🏻👁

[@karinvilim365]

I think the system that hit Yellowstone has made it to Alberta and Saskatchewan. Amazing amount of water in my hometownof North Battleford. But it's now dark so won't know full extent of the damage until daylight. Take care of yourself.

[@TC-yp6ek]

You be safe, too!

[@christinebuckingham8369]

Hope you and yours all keep safe. ❤️🙏

[@jayceewedmak9524]

Take care! From Ontario ❤

[@kathymorris4553]

Take care of yourselves, be safe, from Alaska

[@danrook5757]

It’s the Canadians fault for this mess

[@LisaSky57]

Thank you so much for your insider updates! We're supposed to be staying in Canyon Village next week, so we are waiting with bated breath watching for your next updates! Thank you for your reporting on the ground, it means a lot to us!

[@aidahartmann3473]

We were at the Grand Tetons June 6th and iYellowstone June 7 - 10th, checked out on the 11th bright and early. The weather was perfect the whole time we were in both parks; sunny and low 70’s. We had no idea this happened until we saw the news reports once home. My heart goes out to everyone for the loss of property and tHe infrastructure of the park. I’ll hold dear my memories and pictures of our great time there!

[@evabrom-peters5580]

Todd I think I worked with you in the Everglades and Yellowstone in 97. Good to see your video.

[@oriolesfan7807]

Thanks for the updates. The glassy calm Yellowstone 'sea' after the storm looks beautiful, with the reflecting clouds too.

[@Randylj1]

Hope some of that rain flows South and East! The bison shot was wonderful! Amazing to see snow!

[@harmoni4499]

Yellow stone is the most natural & my favorite park. Hopefully it recover soon.

[@lindaoharris]

I’m from anaconda and this is so sad. I still have family and friends in Anaconda and Butte. And they are talking snow also. ❤️🙏🏻

[@DianesPaperArt]

Great report. Thanks for the information.

[@EGlideKid]

Well done, plus beautiful photography.

[@treasurepoem]

4:02 The animals are happy that there are no humans around :) Thanks for the specialized information.

[@janie2shoes537]

Thanks for the update.

[@mark90278]

This is how News should be reported. Great work

[@beckyecklund5773]

Just found you while looking for Yellowstone news thanks for the great info

[@Loveoldies50]

Wow! America's gem! I am so sorry to hear this.

[@mountainman1728]

hey, great video. thanks for the update

[@l.plzsavethebeez485]

So happy my Grandson made it through two weeks ago! Thank you for this disturbing news! People may have to be fed if they can't t get out! Hope they are all safe!

[@johntaylor4809]

Thanks for the update, you gave me more info on this video than any news network, much appreciated. I have reservations for fishing bridge Rv park on July 1st. I am hoping it will be open by then, again thanks for the update.

[@ridinfree55]

Nice shot in the background! Hope you got some pics of it!

[@kimeakin9818]

Gorgeous view behind you. Thank you it's the only way I'll ever get to see something like that.😊

[@MissLinda777]

Please be safe! Thank you for sharing an on site perspective!

[@sally..3242]

Thanks for reporting on Yellowstone!

[@deborahlewis5964]

Great coverage of Yellowstone..

[@thebottles6996]

I was there last week. There was lots of snow at Canyon junction and the lake was still frozen.

[@stassi224]

Thank you for the report on what’s going on there. Many thoughts and prayers and much love to you all, my friends ❤️

[@gg-wk2ww]

It can snow any day of the year in the Jackson Yellowstone area

[@Artuor.Morgan]

I’m from Florida and I flew to Bozeman MT and drove to west Yellowstone the weekend that just passed. After a few days there i went to north entrance and stayed in gardener (mind my spelling),crazy how lucky I was to get out quite literally 1 day before this broke out.

[@DENVEROUTDOORMAN]

Come to Colorado although Rocky Mt National has snow in areas they finally plowed TrailRidge Road and Metro Denver is pretty dry

[@notmyname9625]

Thanks man I didnt even understand what was happening from the news clips i saw so i appreciate the info.

[@jmmarshall5492]

Very happy for the animals! They are rejoicing no doubt....no humans!

[@zoominmicroscopy]

Thank you for the great report!

[@SemperShock]

I felt as If I was watching the weather channel. You are a natural reporter!!

[@janvafa9959]

Saw helicopter footage of the roads in the northern area of the park… multiple major washouts. It will be months to years before they can “fix” the damage the water has done!

[@douglasw5371]

they will need to work quickly before winter. Cooke City has only one way in during the winter months for tourist and supplies for the beautiful small town. The road from Cooke City to Red Lodge is closed all winter. Road closers could put many of there small business under.

[@jimifoxx3925]

Nice job reporting situation, better then news channels. Subscribed to your channel., don’t normally do that, Going to North Rim, Bryce and Capital Reef in 2 weeks.

[@teresafarrell6457]

Thank you for the information. Just found you and newly subscribed. 👍 It looks as if you were standing in front of a painting during your commentary. So beautiful.

[@vernshird711]

We just visited in mid-May to avoid the summer crowds and see all the bison babies. During our trip, we stayed at a B & B in West Yellowstone - the owners were very nice. I hope they are ok and any others in the area are safe. On a lighter note, I can't help but think that the bison and other wildlife started dancing, celebrating, and partying when all the humans left the park.

[@k8sl]

I was thinking this will relieve the wildlife from people behaving poorly

[@betsybarnicle8016]

I love West Yellowstone

[@ToYAHofZion144]

😆

[@stevenbrown6277]

Great information. Thank you.

[@dalejohnson1555]

thanks for your report!

[@truthseeker5496]

Excellent report. Thank you

[@corinnevickey4634]

Thank You Todd.

[@michellewhaley3489]

I have a trip planned for 4 weeks from now to visit Yellowstone. I hope things get better so I can go. Glad the animals are enjoying it!

[@eugenesaint1231]

Thanks for the update.I'm glad my daughter and three granddaughters got to see the place last month. Just sane... :^) Saint

[@denononohardcore2]

Thanks for the updates, planning on going up there from Phoenix in 2 weeks, think it will be open by then? Hope so, this is a bucket list trip.

[@suzanh7777]

I remember it snowing in Calgary once in July. Hard to fathom the floods. Boy howdy, the roads are gonna be a force to recon with. Thanks for the update!

[@tanyachapman1434]

Thanks for sharing the information. Stay safe!

[@krisg3984]

“ the animals are happy “. Cute young buffalo with happy feet 😀

[@Quixote1818]

Looking at NOAA it looks like the northern part of the park has received between 3 to 5 inches the last 7 days and the southern part of the park 1 to 3 inches the past 7 days.

[@gooldenwending]

It also melted 2-5 inches of snow out of the snowpack on top of the rain

[@Quixote1818]

@@gooldenwending Good point.

[@Quixote1818]

@@gooldenwending come to think of it, the highest peaks may have still had several feet of snow that melted.

[@gooldenwending]

@@Quixote1818 they’re using snow water equivalent, not exactly the same as straight up inches as we’d think of it. But, a more standard measure of the amount of water in snow

[@Truecolorsjoshua]

Beautiful video

[@jessesoby7130]

Thanks for the information.

[@NoSuffix]

Nice & clear report!

[@Leahree]

very informative video, thank you!

[@brianbassett4379]

I know 3 riders that are enjoying Yellowstone right this minute. They are seeing it in a way that no one has for many decades.

[@paige31474]

Please find out what you can about staff, particularly those housed at Mammoth Hot Springs Dorm. They were not evacuated. Last I heard, no power and phone dying. Worried here.

[@desertrader3898]

They have evacuated all tourists however the majority of the staff in the park are staying as of right now however if things turn worse they will immediately be evacuated

[@earthangel3234]

I took a day trip to Yellowstone on Saturday and departed the park at 6 pm. It had been raining off an on during the day and came down hard in the early evening. We exited through the Gardiner Gate. I noticed that the river and the streams were on level with land and this continued as we moved further up North until we reached I-90. I believe that we got out of there just in time.

[@lorimadden9672]

Thank you for the updates so sad 😞 😔

[@samiam307]

I love your videos! Good thing you decided to be in Yellowstone for the 150th, huh? Otherwise you would’ve missed all the fun😏👍

[@tawnierayne3604]

Jupiter and Neptune in Pisces. I was hoping for much rain. Love it. ❤️ 🌧 Thanks for sharing.

[@chevy427ify]

thanks,take care out there

[@stephanieromero9083]

Prayers for u guys!🙏♥️

[@4kfamilyfunwalk206]

I was so lucky went to Yellowstone National Park on weekend of June 4th 5th 6th a week ahead before flooding and pass by Montana too. Also made alot of videos from Yellowstone National Park too!

[@easternpa2]

Wow, I'm scheduled to be there next Tuesday and Wednesday for my first ever visit. I was planning to stay in West Yellowstone. It looks like I'd better cancel. Even worse, I didn't check the weather. Didn't know it can snow so easily up there! We have no winter clothing with us. Only summer. Thank you for this very helpful video (and comment section!)

[@thesaint1517]

Unfortunately with all the devastation, I doubt that the park will be open in most places until at least a year from now. I just came back from there a couple of weeks ago and what I have seen in the videos, this is a major disaster.

[@easternpa2]

@@thesaint1517 Thank you for your viewpoint, I appreciate it. It sounds devastating and I hope everyone is okay. I will be sure to visit another time when I can properly take it all in. I'm glad you were able to enjoy it. Thanks again!

[@bigshrimpin6992]

Just stay home

[@easternpa2]

@@bigshrimpin6992 I'm in the middle of a two-week road trip. I just have to rework my itinerary, that's all.

[@wildlyunrulyadventures3942]

Any time you visit the mountains *always* be prepared for winter like weather. The mountains have their own climate and it can change in a flash even in August. Pack an extra set of warm, weather resistant clothing so you don't become a search and rescue/recovery. Stay safe out there!

[@robertakoopal2361]

Praying for you all💖🙏🙏🙏🤗

[@bweaver760]

Beautiful pics of non flooded parts!

[@TheSvenChannel]

Would love to see current footage of the Upper and Lower Falls

[@ediewall6360]

Donate a drone to this guy

[@recoveringsoul755]

@@ediewall6360 just came from watching drone footage on another channel

[@Raptorman0909]

@@ediewall6360 Illegal to fly a drone in a National Park -- big time nature channels might get permission but expect the permit to cost serious money and take months to get signoff.

[@ediewall6360]

@@Raptorman0909 I learned something , TY. Obviously , I don’t own a drone. Probably a good law because so many alleged “ adults” practice behaviors that are dangerous to themselves and others.

[@Raptorman0909]

@@ediewall6360 -- Yeah, I've owned three drones and am aware of the law because the cost for violation runs into the thousands -- they don't play around. Some people whine about it, why can't I fly the drone in a NP, but then when you think about it there is no real option. Imagine sitting around Old Faithfull waiting for it to blow along with 800 other people with a dozen or more drones zipping along over your head -- if there were no rues to prevent that then that is what would happen.

[@Mark_Demaline]

I live in Livingston and it's a total mess. Stay safe friend. Evacuations have started out of Gardiner. Drinks and good times in Emigrant at The Old Saloon.

[@vickimeyers2672]

Sorry about the Livingston flooding. I lived and worked in Cooke City and would drive thru the Park to Livingston to stock up on groceries and essentials. Beautiful country! Stay safe!

[@albussnape2]

Yay. Nature gives wildlife a break from tourists. Good it’s not drought.

[@robertz.757]

DAMN IT!!! I Hope & Pray Everyone Comes Out Safe. 💯❤️🤙😶✌️🇺🇸

[@stevehogan8829]

Nice job. Thanks.

[@kellydean3497]

Great report. Why are you still in the park?

[@mcheese420]

i was thinking the same thing lol.

[@kellydean3497]

@@mcheese420 I moved from that area due to the housing crisis. This is epic for residents and workers 😳

[@beverlyann9929]

It’s wow to watch. God bless you all

[@williamjones7163]

My family has a cabin up at East Rosebud Lake. Which is about 30 miles over the mountains from Yellowstone park. The rains were so heavy that roads washed that had been there for 120 years. Montana National Guard Chinook helicopters had to come in rescue stranded residents. No roads in. No roads out.

[@untheist5533]

The animals are REJOICING in our ABSENCE‼️

[@bobwiegers]

subscribing. we've long planned a visit to YNP in early July

[@bigshrimpin6992]

Just stay home

[@vickimeyers2672]

@@bigshrimpin6992 who died and made you boss?

[@karenanderson6323]

Thank you thank you thank you for doing such a good reporting! It would be nice to hear the numbers when you find out the numbers of the rainfall. Regular news gives zero information such shallow reporting you taught them all. Thank you and love your videos thank you for doing them 😁