{"id":7991,"date":"2023-09-07T13:51:52","date_gmt":"2023-09-07T13:51:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shareperformanceinsight.com\/index.php\/2023\/09\/07\/americas-driest-hottest-national-park-is-still-closed-but-not-for-the-reason-you-might-think\/"},"modified":"2023-09-07T13:51:52","modified_gmt":"2023-09-07T13:51:52","slug":"americas-driest-hottest-national-park-is-still-closed-but-not-for-the-reason-you-might-think","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shareperformanceinsight.com\/index.php\/2023\/09\/07\/americas-driest-hottest-national-park-is-still-closed-but-not-for-the-reason-you-might-think\/","title":{"rendered":"America\u2019s driest, hottest national park is still closed \u2013 but not for the reason you might think"},"content":{"rendered":"

Death Valley is the driest national park in the United States, receiving an average of about 2.2 inches of rain a year. It\u2019s also regarded as the hottest place on Earth. <\/p>\n

So it might come as a bit of a shock to learn the park been closed for more than two weeks \u2013 but not from all this excessive heat we\u2019ve suffered through this summer. It\u2019s the rainy remnants of Hurricane Hilary (remember that storm?) that are the culprit. <\/p>\n

On August 20, some 2.2 inches (55.88 mm) of rain was measured at Furnace Creek in Death Valley, making it the all-time wettest day recorded for that location, the National Park Service said in a recent news release. <\/p>\n

The storm dumped so much rain on a park that gets so little that it left the fragile landscape in rough shape. \u201cExtensive damage including undercutting and pavement loss has been found on major roads in the park and many roads are covered with debris,\u201d the release said. <\/p>\n

A repeat of flooding damage<\/h2>\n

This is the second year in a row this has happened. Then-record rainfall in August 2022 also closed up the park while workers made repairs to roads, trails and facilities. <\/p>\n

And now all that work begins yet again. \u201cAlthough all paved roads were repaired from the 2022 flood damage, there is still a lot of work to be done in the backcountry and this latest storm caused significant additional damage,\u201d the NPS said. <\/p>\n

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This current closure has no end in sight. On its Facebook page on Labor Day, the park said, \u201cGiven the scope of the impacts from Tropical Storm Hilary, and the widespread debris on roads and areas of pavement damage, we don\u2019t yet have a timeline for when the roads will reopen.\u201d <\/p>\n

If you\u2019re looking for a national park desert escape, Joshua Tree National Park to the south is open. And in a reminder of how extreme desert country can be, there was fire ban in place there on Wednesday evening. <\/p>\n\n

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