<span style="color: #000000;"><b>By Mike McCombs</b></span>

<span style="color: #000000;">If you were hoping to head out to Hunting Island and hit the beach this weekend, you’re going to be disappointed.</span>

<span style="color: #000000;">According to Hunting Island State Park’s official Twitter account, the park will remain closed through at least Sunday, July 19.</span>

<span style="color: #000000;">The park was initially closed during the day Tuesday, July 7, when the island got 8 inches of rain. </span><span style="color: #000000;">Between July 7 and</span><span style="color: #000000;"> Wednesday, </span><span style="color: #000000;">July 8, </span><span style="color: #000000;">Hunting Island received 12.75 inches of rain. </span><span style="color: #000000;">The majority of the park’s roads are submerged.</span>

<span style="color: #000000;">“Our day use &amp; trails will remain closed through at least the close of business Sunday 19</span><span style="color: #000000;"><sup>th</sup></span><span style="color: #000000;"> of July,” </span><span style="color: #000000;">Park Manager J.W. Weatherford </span><span style="color: #000000;">tweeted Wednesday. “Most of our roads are still impassable. Most of our parking lots are still submerged.”</span>

<span style="color: #000000;">Still, however, the campground remains open. Weatherford said that “campers with reservations will continue to be allowed into the campground.”</span>

<span style="color: #000000;">For the latest and most accurate information about Hunting Island State Park, visit the park’s official Twitter account @HuntingIslandSP.</span>
<p align="right"><span style="color: #000000;"><i>Mike McCombs is the editor of The Island News and can be reached at TheIslandNews@gmail.com.</i></span></p>