Thursday s rockfall sent a large cloud of dust throughout the park.
A second massive rockfall occurred Thursday at the face of Yosemite National Park s famed El Capitan, just a day after a series of rockfalls killed a British climber.
The latest incident was confirmed by the National Park Service in a tweet, prompting officials to shut down an exit from the park in Yosemite Valley.
It was not immediately clear how large Thursday s rockfall was, but several witnesses described it as much larger than the series that occurred Wednesday, which killed a climber and left another critically injured.
#BREAKING: Another rock fall near #ElCapitan in @YosemiteNPS. My photographer and I witnessed the whole ordeal, it… https://t.co/cWbtwmXoKe
Thursday s rockfall sent a large cloud of dust throughout the park.
On Wednesday, seven rockfalls occurred over a four-hour time span at the park, totaling about 16,000 cubic feet and weighing about 1,300 tons.
When rangers searched the area, they discovered a British couple had been at the base of the rock formation at the time.
#yosemitenationalpark #rockfall #ElCapitan
The size of Thursday s rockslide was not immediately clear.
According to the National Park Service, there are about 80 rockfalls reported in the park every year. Wednesday s death was the first one linked to a rockslide in the park in 18 years.
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