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Flooding damage in Yellowstone and neighboring Montana communities

By Associated Press

June 17, 2022

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Back in the state after vacationing in Europe, Montana Gov. Greg Gianforte is joining other state and Yellowstone National Park officials in vowing to quickly make repairs and reopen the park after devastating floods.
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Aileen Rogers, right, and Melody Murter help clean out a friend's house badly damaged by the severe flooding in Fromberg, Mont., Friday, June 17.
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Neighbors look at a backyard after it was damaged by severe flooding in Fromberg, Mont., Friday, June 17.
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Melody Murter puts on a mask while helping to clean out a friend's home after it was damaged by severe flooding in Fromberg, Mont., Friday, June 17.
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Tina Foust, right, and Phil DeHaan distribute clean-up kits to areas damaged by severe flooding in Fromberg, Mont., Friday, June 17.
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Medications sit in mud on the floor of a home damaged by severe flooding in Fromberg, Mont., Friday, June 17.
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Jerry Hall stirs a tray of pulled pork while helping to cook for residents impacted by the flooding at a donation center set up at the high school in Fromberg, Mont., Friday, June 17.
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Matt Holmes, left, packs up belongings with his daughter, Harlee, 8, from left, and sons Gavin, 9, and Creek, 3, as the family is forced to leave their home left damaged by severe flooding in Fromberg, Mont., Friday, June 17.
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Harley Holmes, 8, right, helps her bother, Creek, 3, put his shoes on as the family packs up to leave their home left damaged by severe flooding in Fromberg, Mont., Friday, June 17.
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Montana Gov. Greg Gianforte speaks after being sworn into office in the Governor's Reception Room of the Montana State Capitol in Helena, Mont. Amid heavy criticism six days after leaving the country without telling his constituents, Gianforte's office confirmed that he had gone to Italy with his wife. His office said he was briefed regularly about intense flooding that devastated the northern part of Yellowstone National Park and nearby communities.
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Tire tracks end where a section of road was washed away by floodwaters in Nye, Mont., Thursday, June 16.
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Patrick Sipp, co-owner of Flying Pig Adventures, pets his dog, Bonnie, as employees Jackson Muller, right, and Christie Davis sit in a raft while Yellowstone National Park is closed due to historic flooding in Gardiner, Mont., Wednesday, June 15. "We're definitely a resilient company, we've got a very tough crew," Sipp said. "But it's devastating. You just hate seeing stuff like that in the community. We're just hoping that we can get back out there relatively soon."
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Receding floodwaters flow past sections of North Entrance Road washed away at Yellowstone National Park in Gardiner, Mont., Thursday, June 16. Yellowstone officials are hopeful that next week they can reopen the southern half of the park, which includes Old Faithful geyser. Park officials say the northern half of the park, however, is likely to remain closed all summer, a devastating blow to the local economies that rely on tourism.
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Map shows rainfall in June for northwest Wyoming.
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Pedestrians walk down a street washed away from Rock Creek floodwaters in Red Lodge, Mont., Wednesday, June 15.
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A house sits in Rock Creek after floodwaters washed away a road and a bridge in Red Lodge, Mont., Wednesday, June 15.
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A collapsed train bridge is shown along the Yellowstone River Wednesday, June 15, near Livingston, Mont. Yellowstone National Park officials say more than 10,000 visitors have been ordered out of the nation's oldest national park after unprecedented flooding tore through its northern half, washing out bridges and roads and sweeping an employee bunkhouse miles downstream.
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Katie Gale, and her dog, Rory, wait for customers at Paradise Adventure Company which sits across from the entrance to Yellowstone National Park, a major tourist attraction now closed due to the historic floodwaters, Wednesday, June 15, in Gardiner, Mont.
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Highway workers build up the shoreline of a washed out bridge along the Yellowstone River Wednesday, June 15, near Gardiner, Mont. Yellowstone National Park officials say more than 10,000 visitors have been ordered out of the nation's oldest national park after unprecedented flooding tore through its northern half, washing out bridges and roads and sweeping an employee bunkhouse miles downstream.

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