California’s iconic Highway 1 collapses after heavy rains
03 February 2021 |
10:51 am
Aerial images show the Highway 1 section which collapsed into the Pacific Ocean near Big Sur, California. Heavy rains caused debris flows of trees, boulders and mud that washed out a 150-foot section of the road.
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