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Powerful 40 mph winds from Feb. 29 to March 2 in Death Valley blew Lake Manly two miles north, according to the National Park Service. The lake spread out to cover more ground, but at a shallower depth. The water slowly moved back to its original lakebed, but with the winds speeding up evaporation, Lake Manly was left shallower and muddier than before. With the current conditions, the National Park Service could no longer allow boating on Lake Manly.
' 'This left us with no choice but to curtail boating on historic Lake Manly at this time,' Reynolds added. Lake Manly is a temporary lake that forms in Badwater Basin when enough rain falls to cover the salt flat. The lake returned after two storms brought record amounts of rain to Death Valley: Hurricane Hilary in August and the atmospheric river in early February.
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