'Mother Of All Landslides' In Big Sur Buries Section Of California's Highway 1
Skirting California's coastline, Highway 1 offers a popular and dramatic drive through the Big Sur region. On a normal day, a drive along the winding two-lane road gets one's heart pumping with fears of plunging down the hillside.
But a weekend landslide has reshaped the coastline and closed part of the route, as a third of a mile of highway is now covered with dirt and rocks at an area called Mud Creek.
As you can see in the before-and-after graphic below, where the coast used to form roughly a straight line, it's now a rocky bulge into the Pacific.
They've been waiting for that section to cave for a long time. The recent rains were the tipping point, as the top layer became too heavy for the underside to support.
They've been waiting for that section to cave for a long time. The recent rains were the tipping point, as the top layer became too heavy for the underside to support.
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