On Friday, the storied coastal road had dissolved into a river of mud and debris after a powerful rainstorm sent those burned hillsides careening toward the ocean, turning canyons into rivers of mud and rocks.

Flooding, mudslides and debris flows caused by the heaviest rain in Los Angeles and southern California in a year shut Pacific Coast Highway from approximately Santa Monica to the Malibu Pier.

Heavy rain battered Southern California on Thursday and made for dangerous conditions near burn scars from recent wildfires.

A portion of Pacific Coast Highway from Malibu and Pacific Palisades remains closed Friday morning after a series of mudslides covered the road during Thursday’s powerful storm. Video showed bulldozer crews working overnight to clear mud and debris from the highway,

The Pacific Coast Highway along Malibu canyon was closed after runoff pushed mud and debris over the road and into the Pacific Ocean (Video Credit: @PIOErikScott).

An atmospheric river drenched California on Thursday, with the Los Angeles area seeing floods and mudslides in communities burned by the Eaton and Palisades wildfires just weeks ago.