Yellowstone National Park in the US state of Wyoming has been closed for the first time in 34 years due to record flooding and mudslides, forcing people to depart during the summer tourist season.

The superintendent of Yellowstone National Park, Cam Sholly, stated that the park's five entrances were closed on Monday due to heavy rain and snowmelt. It will remain closed until at least Wednesday.

Mr. Sholly stated, "We will not know when the park will reopen until the flood waters recede and we can assess the damage throughout the park."

Yellowstone is one of the nation's largest parks and is larger than the states of Rhode Island and Delaware combined at 899,116 hectares. Most of the park is located in the northwest part of Wyoming, although it also extends into Montana and Idaho.

Dozens of campers were evacuated by raft in south-central Montana, although there were no early reports of injuries.

The Yellowstone River at Corwin Springs crested on Monday at 4.2 meters, surpassing the previous 3.5 meters set in 1918, according to the National Weather Service.

The Yellowstone helicopter manager acquired images and video of a landslide, a washed-out bridge, and flooded roads.

The rains fell just as the summer tourist season was peaking. June is one of Yellowstone's busiest months, beginning the annual influx of more than three million tourists that does not subside until the fall.

Remains of winter, in the shape of snow still melting and streaming down the slopes, make it a challenging period for heavy rainfall.

Cory Mottice, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Billings, Montana, stated, "It's a lot of rain, but the flooding wouldn't have been nearly this bad if we hadn't had so much snow."

This is a level of flooding we have never seen in our lifetimes.

The flooding occurred when other regions of the United States saw record-high temperatures and dry weather. Recently, more than 100 million Americans were advised to remain indoors across the country.

Several US states were given excessive heat watches and warnings, including Illinois, Indiana, Arkansas, and Alabama.

Amid the western region of the United States, teams from California to New Mexico fought wildfires in hot, windy, and dry conditions. Phoenix, Denver, Las Vegas, and California's Death Valley experienced record-breaking temperatures over the weekend.

According to scientists, scientists, extreme weather events such as storms, droughts, floods, and wildfires are becoming more violent and more frequent. However, without substantial research, individual weather occurrences cannot be connected to climate change.