FRESNO, Calif. -- Hot weather and the melting of a heavy snowpack have the Merced River overflowing its banks in Yosemite National Park.
Dakota Snider sent in pictures taken between 1 a.m. and 2 a.m. on Friday that show flooding of the housekeeping camp in Yosemite Valley from the nearby Merced River.
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Flood stage happens at 10 feet in the Valley, and the U.S. Geological Survey said the river crested at well over 11 feet within the last day.