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‘A Wall of Mud’ in California, and Warnings to Heed El Niño The article “A Wall of Mud’, in California, and Warnings to Heed El Niño” by Ian Lovett talks about the mudslides and heavy rain in Southern of California. The heavy rain and mud toward the north of Los Angeles on Thursday, resulted in blocking Interstate 5. Therefore all the traffic stopped and many travelers were stuck on the roads. In the article, Jessica Rose talked about how she saw the mudslide. She described how it looked like some chocolate waterfall and she said it was the most serious thing she ever saw. Approximately, 115 cars and 75 tractor-trailers were stuck on the Route 58. However, there were not any injuries which seemed to be reported though many

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