Massive Amounts Of Rain Combined With Winter's Record Breaking Snowpack Causes Historic Flood In California's Central Valley And Beyond

YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK, CALIFORNIA - APRIL 27: Water flows forcefully down Bridalveil Fall in Yosemite Valley, with the rising Merced River below, as warming temperatures have increased snowpack runoff, on April 27, 2023 in Yosemite National Park, California. Most of Yosemite Valley will close tomorrow evening until May 3rd because of forecasted flooding from melting snowpack and extended high temperatures. Many of the park’s iconic waterfalls are fed almost completely by snowmelt. As of April 1, snowpack in the Tuolumne River basin of Yosemite National Park was 244% of average amid record snowpack levels for some parts of California after years of drought. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)