Portions of Yosemite National Park will close Friday because of predicted flooding. Park officials said the closure would last until Wednesday, May 3, but could be extended.

LOS ANGELES -- The heart of Yosemite National Park, where throngs of tourists are awe-struck by cascading waterfalls and towering granite features such as El Capitan and Half Dome, will be closed ...

Yosemite Valley will be closed until at least Sunday, along with a winding, mountainous, 20-mile stretch of California’s State Route 41 that leads in, park spokesman Scott Gediman said.

Most of the vast, scenic valley at the heart of Yosemite National Park in California will close to visitors this weekend in a rare shutdown prompted by forecasts of floods from rapid snowmelt.