Yosemite National Park

• Man plummets to his death after falling off 600-foot Yosemite landmark

  According to official National Park Service data, there were 17 fatalities in Yosemite National Park in 2024. Data for 2025 and 2026 is not available on its website. 

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  Jun 25
  
• Thousands ordered to flee California wildfire near Yosemite

  The Oak Fire started Friday afternoon, near the town of Midpines, and by Saturday morning had rapidly grown to 26.5 square kilometres.

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  Jul 23, 2022
  
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• Saving the sequoias: Yosemite wildfire threatens millennia-old trees

  Just under 400 firefighters are on the scene battling the Washburn wildfire in Yosemite National Park, trying to save an ancient grove of giant sequoia trees.

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  Jul 11, 2022
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• California’s Yosemite National Park probing 170 reported illnesses amid 2 norovirus cases

  The origin of the outbreak was unclear.

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  Jan 16, 2020
• 3 people have died in U.S. national parks since the government shutdown began

  Less staff working in the parks means slower response times and less maintenance.

  World

  Jan 5, 2019
• Couple who plunged to their deaths at Yosemite National Park were travel bloggers attempting selfie

  The couple who plunged to their deaths in Yosemite National Park last week were adventurous travel bloggers who died while attempting a selfie at Taft Point, according to a family member.

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  Oct 31, 2018
• 2 visitors fall to their death at popular overlook at Yosemite National Park

  Two visitors died in a fall from a popular overlook at Yosemite National Park that allows people to walk to the cliff's edge, where there is no railing, an official said Thursday.

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  Oct 25, 2018
• Teen plummets to his death after trying to take selfie in Yosemite National Park

  The young hiker was visiting from Jerusalem on a two-month trip to the U.S. when he plunged off the park’s popular Nevada Fall.

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  Sep 11, 2018
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• California wildfire crews scramble to keep flames from reaching foothill neighbourhoods

  Gov. Jerry Brown declared a state of emergency for Orange and Riverside counties as the fire carved its way along ridges in the Cleveland National Forest.

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  Aug 10, 2018
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• Deadly wildfires rip through California towns, forcing thousands to flee homes

  Flames swept through the communities of Shasta and Keswick before jumping the Sacramento River and reaching Redding, a city of about 92,000 people and the largest in the region.

  Environment

  Jul 27, 2018