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More photos show Highway 1 damage; reopening date unknown FacebookTwitterEmail A long stretch of Californias Highway 1, the famously scenic route that snakes along the Big Sur coastline, remains closed after a section of the road washed away amid heavy rain, creating a 150-foot gap at Rat Creek about 20 miles south of Big Sur. Caltrans said in a statement Monday that while work is underway to repair the road, and the stretch of road closed is decreasing from 44 miles to 22.8 miles, there is no ...

Skip to main content Currently Reading How much of a dent did the storm put in Californias drought? The lowdown on that atmospheric river FacebookTwitterEmail 1of4 Alex (left) and Aron Moreno work to divert water from their property as heavy rains fall in Salinas, on Wednesday The couple lives below hillsides scorched in last year’s River Fire where water and mud flowed downhill from burned land.Noah Berger / Associated PressShow MoreShow Less 2of4 Parts of Lake Tahoe shoreline froze over aft...

Climate change is making linked disasters more common across the U.S., scientists say.

An atmospheric river storm pumped drenching rains into the Bay Area and other parts of California on Thursday as blizzard conditions buried the Sierra Nevada in snow.

@mcrfd on Twitter (Monterey County Regional Fire Protection District). Monterey County issued an evacuation order Thursday morning for the Carmel River Lagoon area. That order was lifted later in the day. On Tuesday, an evacuation order was annouced for those living within and two miles down slope of the Dolan Fire burn scar. Late Tuesday, an evacuation order was issued for those living within and two miles down slope of the Carmel and River fire burn scars. As of Friday morning, evacuation o...

Storm totals: This spot just south of Bay Area received 16 inches of rain FacebookTwitterEmail In this aerial image taken with a drone, a truck drives along River Road on Thursday, Jan. 28, 2021, where heavy rains caused mudslides and flooding near Salinas in Monterey County, Calif. The area sits beneath hillsides scorched in last years River Fire.Noah Berger/Associated Press The much-hyped atmospheric river that soaked the greater San Francisco Bay Area and Central Coast across three days exit...

California storm: Damage for homeowners facing mudslides, good for drought relief By Brian Hardzinski and Amy Ta Jan. 29, 2021Environment MORE A view of a Salinas Valley neighborhood affected by mudslides, January 27, 2021. Photo by Hana Mohsin. California has seen some heavy weather over the past few days. In Big Sur, Highway 1 along the cliff near Esalen washed into the ocean. Mammoth Mountain is expecting up to 10 feet of snow. Mudslides...

Huge piece of Highway 1 south of Big Sur falls into ocean FacebookTwitterEmail A section of Highway 1 at Mile Marker 30near Rat Creek in Monterey County collapsed during the rainstorm that hit the region.CalTrans / Heath Johnston Along the Central Coast, Californias scenic Highway 1 is closed 20 miles south of Big Sur after a section of the roadway collapsed when the cliffside below gave way amid torrential rain. Photos of the highway show a huge piece of the road missing, with both the north a...

Horse and Pony Rescued From Chest-Deep Mud in Monterey County A mare and a smaller horse who might be her foal were rescued Thursday night after becoming stuck in deep mud in Monterey County — in an area south of Salinas where significant debris flows occurred during this weeks storms. As KPIX reports, the horse and pony/foal were discovered by their owners mired in chest-deep mud late Wednesday, on Limekiln Road, off River Road, near where we saw mud flows damage houses. What followed was an...

Huge piece of Highway 1 south of Big Sur falls into ocean FacebookTwitterEmail A section of Highway 1 at Mile Marker 30near Rat Creek in Monterey County collapsed during the rainstorm that hit the region.CalTrans / Heath Johnston Along the Central Coast, Californias scenic Highway 1 is closed 20 miles south of Big Sur after a section of the roadway collapsed when the cliffside below gave way amid torrential rain. Photos of the highway show a huge piece of the road missing, with both the north a...