The Kusawa Lake and Takhini River campgrounds have been closed until further notice because of washouts along the Kusawa Lake Road.

Environment Yukon spokeswoman Melissa Madden said this morning no campers were stranded.

Heavy rainfall over the past weekend and the threat of a washout inside the Kusawa campground prompted park staff on Sunday to ask campers in the back two loops to move upfront to the main part of the campground.

With the Department of Highways and Public Works warning of the potential to lose a section or two of the main road, the remaining two Kusawa Lake campers were advised of the situation Monday morning, she said.

"Those two people left around noon,” Madden said. "There was zero people stranded once the road washed out.”

Kendra Black of the Department of Highways and Public Works said today the road will be closed for a number of days.

"We are doing an additional assessment this afternoon so we should have a better sense by tomorrow how long it is going to take to re-open it,” she said.

"The heavy rain did cause several washouts along the Kusawa Lake Road, and it damaged a culvert,” Black added.

"We have mobilized equipment in the area to repair the washouts and replace the damaged culvert.”

Environment Canada is reporting that several areas in the Yukon received above-average rainfall beginning last Friday through to the end of Sunday.

Some areas received as much or more than they normally would in the whole month of July, Environment Canada reported.