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Yosemite Falls is reflected in a meadow which is beginning to flood in Yosemite Valley, as warming temperatures have increased snowpack runoff, on April 28, 2023 in Yosemite National Park, California. Most of Yosemite Valley will close this evening until May 3rd because of forecasted flooding from melting snowpack and extended high temperatures. Yosemite Falls is fed almost completely by snowmelt and is the tallest waterfall in North America when measured from the peak of the upper fall to the base of the lower fall. As of April 1, snowpack in the Tuolumne River basin of Yosemite National Park was 244% of average amid record snowpack levels for some parts of California after years of drought. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)The high temperatures, breaking 80 degrees at many snowy peaks, were expected to subside by Monday. But that won't put an end to flood concerns.
Originally published at Ethan Varian