Melted glacier sends miles of mud down Mt. Shasta

Published September 22, 2014 4:23am ET



MT. SHASTA, Calif. (AP) — The largest mudslide on Northern California’s Mt. Shasta in two decades may be related to California’s prolonged drought, experts said Sunday.

The mudslide began Saturday after a glacier holding pockets of water either shifted or melted, releasing water down the southeastern side of Mt. Shasta, said Andrea Capps, a spokeswoman for Shasta-Trinity National Forest.

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