California Mudslide Destroys Over 200 Cars – Video

Hundreds of cars were stranded when a mudslide swamped a Southern California freeway last night in what felt like a chilling dress rehearsal for the El Niño on the way. The mudslide is a reminder that it’s not just heavy rain we need to worry about—heavy rain falling on the state’s parched ground will bring disaster.

Yesterday afternoon a powerful storm dropped up to six inches of rain on the region causing dangerous flash flooding. In two separate incidents, a hillside slid onto the busy 5 Freeway over a mountainous pass called the Grapevine and hundreds of cars were trapped on a smaller highway in the High Desert.