Mudslide closes highway near Chelan

29 July 2010, 12:50 pm

CHELAN, Wash. -- The Wenatchee-Leavenworth area experienced a major thunderstorm Wednesday evening. The Washington Transportation Department says a 2-mile section of U.S. Highway 97a about 9 miles south of Chelan has been closed by a mudslide. The agency says the flow of water, mud and debris blocked the highway Wednesday evening. One lane was reopened temporarily but the department then decided ...... Read More »

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