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Yosemite National Parks History Of Natural DisastersBelow I have listed the links that will take you to a page describing each of these elements that affect our beautiful park.  Underbrush and pine needles are fuel when lighting strikes in the High Sierras. A Yosemite fire often makes the national news. Most fires occur in the summer and fall months here in Yosemite National Park. The weather is hot and dry and fires can sometimes consume hundreds of acres at a time. Mother nature always has the final say in how the Yosemite National Park weather plays out. Every so many years, the rains come down and this valley gets flooded. The last major flood here was in 1997. Before that it was 1955. But 1997 was by far the worse flood that Yosemite had ever seen.
 A rockslide in Yosemite National Park is not unusual. When chunks of granite fall they close hiking trails, roads, toppel hundrends of years old trees and close cabins and campsites down. They happen dozens of times each and every year.
 If you get lost in Yosemite, the Yosemite Search And Rescue Team will go on a man hunt to find you. The men and woman on the Yosemite Search and Rescue Team are some of the very best in the world. They are trained extensively to climb and repel the mountains, the waterfalls and the granite cliffs. This team goes on over 200 rescue missions each and every year.
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