A post submitted by CGI member Morgan.

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https://youtu.be/sOAxxw0zF20

One of America’s most iconic highways is disappearing — in real time. Along California’s Big Sur coast, Highway 1 has collapsed at multiple points, sending asphalt, guardrails, and entire sections of roadway crashing into the Pacific Ocean. This is not a single landslide. It is a systemic failure across more than 60 miles of coastline, unfolding faster than emergency crews can respond. Families have been stranded between collapse zones. Helicopter rescues are underway. Atmospheric rivers continue to dump record-breaking rainfall on terrain that was never stable to begin with. In this documentary, we investigate:

Why Highway 1 is failing simultaneously in multiple locations
How atmospheric rivers are overwhelming California’s coastline
Why Big Sur’s geology makes collapse inevitable under extreme saturation

What USGS data reveals about hillside movement before failure
Why scientists warn this may not be a one-time event

The Santa Lucia Mountains are built from fractured, weak rock formations that behave catastrophically when saturated. When record rainfall arrives back-to-back, solid ground can begin moving like liquid.