Headline
Publication Date October 16, 2015 | The Weather Channel

California Flash Flooding Triggers Mudslides, Stranding Motorists

United States
Cars on a road in Lake Hughes, California are stopped because of flooding, with some stuck in the mud in the distance. Flash flooding sent water, mud and rocks rushing across Interstate 5 north of Los Angeles on Thursday, stranding hundreds of vehicles and closing the major north-south thoroughfare. Photo: Robert Rocha , AP
Cars on a road in Lake Hughes, California are stopped because of flooding, with some stuck in the mud in the distance. Flash flooding sent water, mud and rocks rushing across Interstate 5 north of Los Angeles on Thursday, stranding hundreds of vehicles and closing the major north-south thoroughfare. Photo: Robert Rocha , AP

A massive mudslide pushed up to five feet of mud across California's Internstate 5 on Thursday trapping cars and forcing crews to close the highway in both directions for nearly 40 miles.

Related Content

Headline
Aug 10, 2016 | Weather Underground
El Niño is Officially Over—and La Niña is Likely On the Way
Headline
Aug 10, 2016 | Phys.org
Sierra Nevada snowpack not likely to recover from drought until 2019
Headline
Aug 10, 2016 | The Weather Channel
Current El Niño Ties 1997-1998 as Strongest on Record, Says NOAA
Science Source
| Geophysical Research Letters
Characterizing the extreme 2015 snowpack deficit in the Sierra Nevada (USA) and the implications for drought recovery
Margulis, Steven A., Cortés et al
Resource Hub