Yellowstone Flooding
- William Zhu
- Jun 17, 2022
- 1 min read
When I visited Yellowstone National Park in 2015, it was one of the best experiences I've had. It was such a tranquil and beautiful place.
Recently, a hot topic of debate has been the extreme flooding that Yellowstone has seen. The flood is an unprecedent one in the last 100 years of recorded history. It has been caused by extreme rainfall rates and rapid snowmelt. I have seen videos of road and bridges washed away due to these floods and rapid currents. These events have certainly been a result of the rising temperature. Wyoming, where Yellowstone is located, has had an average temperature rise of 2 °F in the last 30 years and has been stayed at this elevated level with no indication of it going down. We are at a very critical point and cannot afford the temperature to increase anymore.
