Flooding In Yellowstone 2024. Yellowstone national park officials are assessing the damage after a torrent of rain combined with a rapidly melting snowpack caused a deluge of flooding. Historic flooding closes yellowstone, over 10,000 evacuate.

Though the recent flooding was unprecedented, the conditions that created it will likely become increasingly common: Yellowstone national park, the home to soaring geysers and some of the country’s most prolific wildlife is facing its biggest challenge in decades after this week’s flooding.