Heavy rains strand 1,000 people in Death Valley CA
A torrential downpour stranded 1,000 visitors and workers at Death Valley as rain washed out hundreds of miles of roads in the national park in California. All of the more than 1,000 miles of roads within the park remain closed while workers evaluate the damage, the National Park Service said in a news release Saturday, Aug. 6, one day after heavy rains slammed the desert. The monsoon downpour, which dumped 1.46 inches of rain — narrowly missing the 1911 record of 1.47 inches — trapped 500 visitors and 500 workers in the park, CNN reported.