Portion of rain-soaked hillside slides onto Highway 39 in Azusa, trapping vehicle in mud
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AZUSA, Calif. (KABC) A storm that swept across Southern California Friday caused some problems for people living near burn scars in foothill communities of the San Gabriel Valley.
In Azusa, a motorist managed to escape injury when a portion of a rain-soaked hillside slid down to Highway 39, pushing the car across the roadway.
Police closed the roadway to all traffic at Old San Gabriel Canyon Road so crews could remove the muck from the roadway. An estimated reopening time was not clear.
The incident happened around 6 a.m. in an area that burned in the Ranch Fire last August, which left the hillsides barren of any vegetation to hold it intact.
By City News Service
Jan 29, 2021
LOS ANGELES (CNS) - Showers continued falling in parts of the Southland today following a night that saw steady downpours saturate roadways and hillsides, prompting mudslides from Azusa to Orange County, but the rain is expected to taper off as the day wears on.
According to the National Weather Service, more than 2 inches of rain had fallen in the Culver City area of 10 a.m., with about 1.5 inches falling downtown and just under 2 inches in East Pasadena and much of the San Gabriel Valley. Some mountain areas saw more than 2 inches of rain.
Nearly two feet of snow fell at Mount Baldy, with an elevation of about 6,500 feet, while Mount Wilson saw 7 inches.