California's Highway 1 Collapse Strands Tourists and Locals
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A section of California's Highway 1 collapsed into the ocean due to heavy rains, causing traffic delays and stranding around 1,600 people in Big Sur. Convoys of vehicles are being allowed through one lane, with observers monitoring the road's condition. Businesses and the Big Sur Lodge provided shelter to those trapped, while engineers work on stabilizing the roadway. The famous route has a history of closures due to severe weather, but dry conditions are expected in the coming days.
- Motorists creep along 1 lane after part of California's iconic Highway 1 collapses ABC News
- Part of famed California highway crumbles into the ocean CNN
- Big Sur tourism 'on standstill' after its connecting roadway crumbles into the sea -- again Los Angeles Times
- Rain could cancel convoys for those stuck behind Highway 1 closures in Big Sur KSBW Monterey
- 'State disaster': Highway 1 landslide strands 2000 tourists and locals KCRA Sacramento
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