http://www.newsweek.com/before-after-photos-yosemite-record-snowpack-melt-1799884

Photographs have captured Yosemite National Park in California as warming temperatures melt the record snowpack, leading to surging rivers and spectacular waterfalls.

Areas of the national park have closed in recent weeks as the Merced River, which runs through the park, begins to overflow. A May 5 statement from the park said the river had "peaked a few inches below flood stage."