Main Death Valley road may be opened within a day after 3rd closure in a month
It will likely be another 24 hours before California Route 190, the main road into Death Valley National Park, will be totally reopened after it was closed because of floodwater and debris Saturday night.
California Transportation District 9 tweeted the update on Sunday morning. It has crews cleaning up the road.
CHP reported SR190 in Death Valley National Park was closed between mile markers 110 and 115 due to mud and debris over the road. #DeathValley pic.twitter.com/YuGFul8owc
— NWS Las Vegas (@NWSVegas) September 4, 2022
Parts of Death Valley were under a flash flood warning Saturday afternoon as thunderstorms moved across the national park.
⚠️Flash Flood Warning⚠️ is in effect until 7:30 PM PDT. The warning includes Central Inyo County, including Furnace Creek and Texas Springs Campground. Do not attempt to cross flooded roadways! Turn around, don't drown. #cawx pic.twitter.com/orV0KdkjyO
— NWS Las Vegas (@NWSVegas) September 3, 2022
The sprawling park of more than 3 million acres in California that runs adjacent to the Nevada-California state line has received heavy rainfall frequently since early August, washing out roads that have only partially been repaired.
Temperatures up to 124 degrees are forecast for the region this weekend.
The biggest storm was on Aug. 5 and stranded about 1,000 people in the park, some of them overnight. Roads were widely damaged. There were no injuries or deaths.
Repairs were in progress when a second round of storms in late August forced a close of Route 190 again.
Contact Marvin Clemons at mclemons@reviewjournal.com. Follow @Marv_in_Vegas on Twitter.
