Latest News About Death Valley National Park

Updated 2026-05-16 18:02

Here are the latest publicly available updates on Death Valley National Park.

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Death Valley National Park news - Today's latest updates

Death Valley is recovering from last week's devastating floods, where roads throughout the park remained closed after it got three-quarters of its usual annual rainfall in one day. Josh Sirlin, a weather photographer who was at the National Park during the flash flooding and mudslides, joined CBS News to discuss. The flooding buried about 60 vehicles in debris and left about 1,000 people stranded. The Kennedy-era robin's egg blue that's currently on the planes is being updated to navy, red and...

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Death Valley National Park news - Today’s latest updates

Death Valley National Park's most popular sites will reopen to the public on Saturday, two weeks after massive flash-flooding. Flash flooding at Death Valley National Park triggered by heavy rainfall on Friday buried cars, forced officials to close all roads in and out the park and stranded about 1,000 people, officials said Some roads in and out of Death Valley National Park have been closed after they were inundated over the weekend with mud and debris from flash floods. … Authorities in...

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