Drone Footage Shows Damage from Highway 1 Landslide Near Big Sur

At the recent Rat Creek washout, water and flames combined to wreak havoc. The Dolan Fire last summer destabilized the southern end of Big Sur, making it ripe to slide when the January storm hit. With 16 inches of rain in some spots, runoff carried weakened trees and shaky slopes down the mountain, ultimately pouring across the road near mile marker 30 and breaking the highway apart. Footage: LiPo Ching Editing: Caron Creighton Read more: Subscribe to our channel: — The San Francisco Chronicle delivers the Bay Area’s best journalism every day. Our mission is to tell the story of San Francisco — the city whose people change the world. We will inform, inspire and provoke while being honest, fearless and startlingly original. You can support our newsroom by signing up for a membership at