Indian Creek Road mudslide cleared away

WHITE PASS, Wash. -- U.S. Forest Service crews spent about five hours Wednesday night clearing a mudslide that separated a group of campers on Indian Creek Road just north of U.S. Highway 12 .

Deputies were called out about 4:30 p.m. after the mudslide spilled over Indian Creek Road roughly two miles north of U.S. Highway 12, according to a Yakima County Sheriff’s Office news release.

Extremely heavy rain sent a large amount of mud down a stream, overwhelming a culvert. There were no injuries and crews had the road cleared by about 10 p.m., according to the U.S. Forest Service. However, the slide separated two groups of campers.

On Wednesday afternoon, the National Weather Service issued an alert warning for heavy rain in the area of west Rimrock Lake and the area of Bumping Lake with a warning of flash floods.

Heavy rains were also reported along other parts of the eastern slopes of the Cascade Mountains, including five miles north of Entiat in Chelan County, where U.S. Highway 97 was closed overnight due to a mudslide. This morning, the road is open to one lane of traffic while crews work to remove the debris.

-- Yakima Herald-Republic