Drought-stricken California turned into an enormous mud bathwhen heavy rains soaked the area on Thursday afternoon. Floodingclosed major traffic arteries around LA. Interstate 5 along theTehachapi Mountains about 40 miles north of Los Angeles was closedas more than five feet of mud trapped motorists.
Employees with the California Transportation Commission workedthroughout the night removing mud and debris from the interstate,but the job is being hampered by the dozens of abandoned cars leftby drivers who scrambled to safety, their cars literally buried inmud. The California Highway patrol anticipates that the busyroadway will reopen this afternoon Pacific Time.
The slow-moving storm traveled up the coast from the Southwestand is expected to drop another inch of rain over the next few daysaccording to the National Weather Service.
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