Rock slide prompts evacuation of Curry Village at Yosemite

[Sequoia]

The Curry Village resort in Yosemite National Park was evacuated today after the second rock slide in two days destroyed seven cabins, knocked down trees and sent a plume of dust hundreds of feet into the air.

Three visitors suffered cuts and other minor injuries, a park spokeswoman said.

All occupants of the more than 600 tent and wooden cabins and a small, hotel-style building at Curry Village were ordered out as a precaution, and trails in the area have been closed, Yosemite officials said. The rest of the park is operating normally.

The slide occurred shortly before 7 a.m., sending an estimated 1,800 cubic yards of debris - equal to about 200 dump-truck loads - into the area near the village amphitheater and cafeteria, park spokeswoman Adrienne Freeman said. Two wooden cabins and five tent cabins were destroyed.

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I've been in the tents and cabins before. I like good ole Curry Village.