From death a new life emerged.
A previously dry area in Death Valley National Park is now home to a lake after extreme rainfall from Tropical Storm Hilary devastated the area in August.
When the California park reopened on October 15 after the brutal storm, visitors discovered that its normally flat and dry Badwater Basin now has a lake, the Los Angeles Times reported.
Park ranger Matthew Lamar told the outlet that they have not yet measured the depth of the lake, but they believe it is a little over 2 feet” at its deepest point.
“That’s what it was like in 2005, the last time there was a major lake there.”
He noted that the park is not only the hottest place in the world, but it also has the highest evaporation rate, so the lake could dry up in a matter of weeks, depending on the temperatures there.
A previously dry area in Death Valley National Park is now home to a lake, following heavy rain from Tropical Storm Hilary.NPS
With a heat wave descending on the region this weekend, the National Weather Service said temperatures were expected to top 100 degrees on Saturday.
Out-of-season yellow and orange wildflowers also bloom around Badwater Basin, the lowest point in the United States, 282 feet below sea level.
Hilary, the first tropical storm to hit California in 84 years, dropped a year’s worth of rain in the region in one day.
The park received a total of 2.2 inches of rain and was forced to close on August 20. NPS/K.Bott
Due to flooded roads and trails, the park, which received a total of 2.2 inches of rain, was forced to close on August 20.
The nearly two-month closure was the longest closure in the park’s history.
Todd Robertson and Karina Shah, visiting from London, watched the colors of the lake change.
Park rangers aren’t sure how long the lake will last there.NPS/K.Bott
“We’ve been waiting 10 years to come and do the national parks,” Roberston told the outlet.
“We were praying the whole time for this to be open. Last night when we checked in [at the Ranch at Death Valley in Furnace Creek]“They told us it was wet.”
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