Yosemite National Park reopened on Tuesday after being closed for 20 days because of severe wildfires. The park is in the western state of California and has been suffering from some of the worst forest fires in its history. The fires have burned 389 square kilometers of land and killed two fire fighters since they started on July 13. The fires did not reach the center of Yosemite Valley, but they still burned far away areas of the park and filled popular places with smoke. The reopening of Yosemite National Park cannot come soon enough for Douglas Shaw. He estimates that the closure cost him $200,000 in lost profits at his hotel near Yosemite. That is because the summer months are the busiest part of the tourist season there. In recent weeks, Shaw used all the money he had saved. He had to let go of eight of his 43 employees. Now, he is considering retiring early to avoid a possible future with similar damaging wildfires.

summer months are the busiest part of the tourist season there.
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Yosemite National Park reopened on Tuesday after being closed for 20 days because of what?
flooding
severe wildfires
pumas
heavy snowfall
What does let go mean?
to study math
to end someone's employment
to hire a new employee
to go ice skating