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Mudslides close Interstate 5 north of Los Angeles!

Pyramid Lake from I-5

KTLA reports that: “Amid warnings about flash-floods and severe thunderstorms, mudslides inundated roads in the Lake Hughes and Elizabeth Lake area Thursday, and some locations appeared blanketed in hail.”

Mudslides also prompted the closure of all lanes of the 5 Freeway, blocking access to the Grapevine connecting metropolitan Los Angeles with the Central Valley.

As of 9 p.m., the CHP reported that the 5 Freeway would remain closed for at least 24 hours at Parker Road for those traveling northbound and at Grapevine Road on the southbound side.

A severe thunderstorm warning was issued for north-central Los Angeles County through 5:30 p.m., according to the bulletin from the National Weather Service. A flash-flood warning was issued through 6:45 p.m. for northwest L.A. County.

 

The storm was capable of producing golf ball-sized hail and damaging winds in excess of 60 mph, the weather service said.

Locations impacted by the severe thunderstorm warning include Elizabeth Lake, Lake Hughes, Gorman, Highway 138 between Quail Lake and Lancaster, Interstate 5 over the Grapevine and Pyramid Lake <my image above>.

Los Angeles County firefighters responded to multiple mudslide and flooding-related rescues in the northern part of the county.

Although a partial list of road closures is in the KTLA article, a COMPLETE list of road closures is HERE at the Department of Public Works Web site.

-Bill at

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