Satellite photos show extent of devastating Yellowstone floods

Floods Yellowstone National Park and parts of the surrounding area have been destroyed, and a series of satellite images of similar locations before and after the floods show the extent of the damage.

The images below show the tremendous power of the National Park Service It is called “unprecedented flood”.

The flood was caused by a lot of rain and rapid melting of ice,

While it’s hard to blame climate change directly on flooding in Yellowstone National Park, 2018 study Shown “Climate change exposes more national park area than entire US” because parks are usually located at particularly high altitudes or dry locations.

Yellowstone National Park is Huge, 3,472 square miles. spread inMainly in Wyoming and just a small strand in Montana and Idaho.

The National Park Service said in its update that the worst of the flooding occurred in the northern part of the park, and that part of the park “is likely to remain closed for a very long time.” Posted a bulletin about the flood,

Three pairs of before and after satellite images, embedded below, give a sense of the scale of the water damage, Due to which buildings have fallen into the Yellowstone River,

before this: A street at the northern entrance of Yellowstone National Park, seen here on March 30, 2022.

Later: This satellite image of Yellowstone’s northern entrance was taken on June 15 after the floods, and parts of the road, have been washed away.

before this: This is another view of a road on the north side of Yellowstone, taken on March 30.

Later: This June 15 photo shows parts of the same road completely erased.

before this: This photo was taken on September 6, 2021, north of Yellowstone National Park near Carbella, Montana. The Yellowstone River runs through the center of the satellite image.

Later: This photo from June 15 shows how the river is in spate on its banks.

And here’s a video of a shed falling into the river: