Inn at Death Valley. Aug. 5, 2022. Photo courtesy National Parks Service. DEATH VALLEY, Calif. - All roads in and out of Death Valley National Park are closed due to substantial flooding on Friday, National Parks Service says.
Park officials said as many as 500 visitors and staff are currently unable to exit the park. Roads have become impassable. Officials are assessing the extent of the damage from the flash floods.
Video and images taken from the scene show vehicles in mud-filled parking lots, tires covered in debris from the floodwaters that aggressively flowed through the area.
As many as 60 vehicles are buried in several feet of debris at the Inn at Death Valley, officials said. Video of a flooded parking lot at Death Valley National Park. (Video Courtesy Rigo Avina)California Department of Transportation said it could take several hours into the early morning hours of Saturday to reopen Highway 190 at the park's east end to allow for an exit.