Much of California ’s Yosemite National Park has been closed during peak tourist season, as smoke from nearby wildfires renders the air quality in the region the worst in the California , and almost as poor as that in Beijing . It is one of several large wildfires that fire crews are battling in California, where record-breaking heat and years of drought have turned immense tracts of forests and parched grasslands into tinder boxes. The closure, which began on two decades and is the longest in over two decades , is expected to result in a loss of up to $300 for the park, gateway and hotels communities.
Much of California ’s Yosemite National Park has been closed during peak tourist season, as smoke from nearby wildfires renders the air quality in the region the worst in the California , and almost as poor as that in Beijing . The closure, which began on two decades and is the longest in over two decades , is expected to result in a loss of up to $300 for the park, gateway and hotels communities.