Melting snowpack, rain flood Yellowstone National Park

Rain and melting snow have flooded Yellowstone National Park as visitors start to flock for the busy summer tourist season.

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All entrances to the national park are closed indefinitely as the flooding cut electricity and forced evacuations, The Associated Press reported.

It is expected to remain closed through at least Wednesday, USA Today reported.

“This is flooding that we’ve just never seen in our lifetimes before,” Cory Mottice, a National Weather Service meteorologist in Billings, Montana, told the AP.

The park got 2.5 inches of rain Saturday, Sunday and Monday.

More rain is expected, CNN reported.

Some homes in the area were destroyed by flood waters and bridges were swept away, but as of Tuesday morning, no one was hurt.

Parker Manning was held-up in his cabin in Gardiner, along the Yellowstone River which because of the flooding, came up to his door.

“We started seeing entire trees floating down the river, debris,” Manning told the AP. “Saw one crazy single kayaker coming down through, which was kind of insane.”

Manning also watched as the river ate away at the riverbank across the current from the cabin he had been renting during a family getaway and a home fall into the river mostly in one piece, CNN and the AP reported.

The Yellowstone River was nearly 14 feet high, beating it’s record set more than a century ago of 11.5 feet, the National Weather Service said, according to USA Today.

The worst damage is in the northern section of Yellowstone in southern Montana.

Gardiner, Montana, which has a population of about 900 people has been cut off because of flooding, as has Cooke City. People living in Livingston were told to leave, the AP reported.

“The river has never been this high before by my house,” Elizabeth Aluck, told CNN. She was not able to evacuate because the roads and bridges that lead to her home were all washed out.

Flooding also caused mudslides that are blocking evacuation routes on the ground so boats and helicopters are being used to ferry people to safety.

“Our first priority has been to evacuate the northern section of the park where we have multiple road and bridge failures, mudslides and other issues,” Yellowstone Superintendent Cam Sholly said in a statement to CNN.

Park officials are not sure how many people are stranded or how many people left the park. They also don’t know how many people who live outside of the park have been rescued or have evacuated.

Residents of Red Lodge, Mont., inspect damage to a house that was flooded after torrential rains fell across the Yellowstone region, Tuesday, June 14, 2022. Local officials say more than 100 houses in the small city were flooded. (AP Photo/Matthew Brown)

A street badly damaged by flooding is seen, Tuesday, June 14, 2022, in Red Lodge, Mont. (AP Photo/Matthew Brown)

Chandler Peabody, left, gives a free meal to Perry Roberts near a flood-damaged neighborhood in Red Lodge, Mont., Tuesday, June 14 2022. Roberts’ basement was inundated, ruining his hot water heater and furnace. (AP Photo/Matthew Brown)

A house that was pulled into Rock Creek in Red Lodge, Mont., by raging floodwaters is seen Tuesday, June 14, 2022. Officials said more than 100 houses in the small city were flooded when torrential rains swelled waterways across the Yellowstone region. (AP Photo/Matthew Brown)

Floodwaters inundate property near the Clarks Fork Yellowstone River in between Edgar and Fromberg, Mont., on Monday, June 13, 2022. The flooding across parts of southern Montana and northern Wyoming forced the indefinite closure of Yellowstone National Park just as a summer tourist season that draws millions of visitors annually was ramping up. (AP Photo/Emma H. Tobin)

Floodwaters inundate property along the Clarks Fork Yellowstone River in between Edgar and Fromberg, Mont., on Monday, June 13, 2022. The flooding across parts of southern Montana and northern Wyoming forced the indefinite closure of Yellowstone National Park just as a summer tourist season that draws millions of visitors annually was ramping up. (AP Photo/Emma H. Tobin)

Floodwaters are seen along the Clarks Fork Yellowstone River near Bridger, Mont., on Monday, June 13, 2022. The flooding across parts of southern Montana and northern Wyoming forced the indefinite closure of Yellowstone National Park just as a summer tourist season that draws millions of visitors annually was ramping up. (AP Photo/Emma H. Tobin)

A road is closed from floodwaters along the Clarks Fork Yellowstone River near Bridger, Mont., on Monday, June 13, 2022. The flooding across parts of southern Montana and northern Wyoming forced the indefinite closure of Yellowstone National Park just as a summer tourist season that draws millions of visitors annually was ramping up. (AP Photo/Emma H. Tobin)

Residents of Red Lodge, Montana, are seen clearing mud, water and debris from the small city’s main street on Tuesday, June 14, 2022, after flood waters courses through a residential area with hundreds of homes. (AP Photo/Matthew Brown)

Floodwaters inundated property along the Clarks Fork Yellowstone River near Bridger, Mont, on Monday, June 13, 2022. The flooding across parts of southern Montana and northern Wyoming forced the indefinite closure of Yellowstone National Park just as a summer tourist season that draws millions of visitors annually was ramping up. (AP Photo/Emma H. Tobin)

Debris is seen blocking a street in Red Lodge, Montana, on Tuesday, June 14, 2022, after floodwaters coursed through a neighborhood with hundreds of houses the day before. Residents were cleaning up after record floods in southern Montana this week. (AP Photo/Matthew Brown)

Floodwaters from the the Clarks Fork Yellowstone River surround a home near Bridger, Mont., on Monday, June 13, 2022. The flooding across parts of southern Montana and northern Wyoming forced the indefinite closure of Yellowstone National Park just as a summer tourist season that draws millions of visitors annually was ramping up. (AP Photo/Emma H. Tobin)

Micah Hoffman is seen in his mud-covered yard as a pump removes water from his basement, Tuesday June 14, 2022, in Red Lodge, Mont. Residents were cleaning up after record floods in southern Montana this week. (AP Photo/Matthew Brown)

Flood damage is seen along a street Tuesday, June 14, 2022, in Red Lodge, Mont. Residents were cleaning up after record floods in southern Montana this week. (AP Photo/Matthew Brown)