Highway 1 remains closed along the coast near Big Sur. Crews were to begin damage assessments Friday.
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Storm washes away portion of Hwy 1 near Big Sur Author: CBS News 8 Team, Associated Press Published: 3:41 PM PST January 29, 2021 Updated: 3:41 PM PST January 29, 2021
SAN DIEGO COUNTY, Calif. Along the scenic central coast Friday, Highway 1 was closed near Big Sur after a section of the roadway collapsed when the cliffside below gave way amid torrential rain from a storm that brought California much-needed rain in what had been a dry winter, according to the California Highway Patrol.
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Storm totals: This spot just south of Bay Area received 16 inches of rain
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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 year s 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 exited the region Friday with mostly dry conditions forecast through the weekend.
The storm was the biggest of the rainy season so far and delivered some impressive rainfall totals, especially in Monterey County, which saw the most rain in the region. Chalk Peak at elevation 3,080 feet in the Santa Lucia Mountains measured 16 inches across the three days.