Muris Demirovic waits by his rental car outside Yellowstone National Park for the entrance gate to open, Wednesday June 22, 2022, near Wapiti, Wyo. Demirovic said he was supposed to leave the area earlier in the week but extended his trip to get in the park when it partially reopened after flood damage forced it to close last week. (AP Photo/Matthew Brown)
June 22, 2022
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Yellowstone park reopens after changes wrought by flood
WAPITI, Wyo. (AP) — Several thousand cars, trucks and recreational vehicles were backed up in long lines at entrances to Yellowstone National Park as it partially reopened Wednesday morning following record floods that reshaped the park's rivers and canyons, wiped out numerous roads and left some areas famous for their wildlife viewing inaccessible, possibly for months to come.