Mud buries vehicles, closes roads in northern L.A. County

Jason DeBerge, 45, continues to dig out his mud ravaged home in Lake Hughes on Saturday, two days after a torrential rainstorm sent debris-laden floodwater through his neighborhood.

Addy Markley removes mud and debris from her Antelope Valley home.

Beekeeper Juan Zavala of Bakersfield works to calm a big rig carrying a load of live bees that got stuck in a mudslide on California 58 east of Tehachapi.

Beekeepers use smoke and water to calm a load of live bees on an 18-wheeler that got stuck in a mudslide east of Tehachapi. Crews continue to unearth vehicles trapped in up to 20 feet of mud after torrential rains pummeled the area.

Randy Eisenbeiss of Lake Hughes works on his mud-encrusted SUV with the help of his neighbor, Gian Guadagno, 10.

Cody Cooper, center, and Addy Markley get help from Johnnie Baldyga digging through mud that inundated their Antelope Valley home.

Jason DeBerge, 45, wipes mud from his feet as he tries to remove damaged carpet from his Lake Hughes home.

Jason DeBerge rests for a moment in his mud-ravaged backyard in Lake Hughes.

Patio furniture is stuck in several inches of mud outside the home of Jason DeBerge.

Bill Beaury of Golden Empire Towing supervises the removal of vehicles encased in mud on California 58 east of Tehachapi on Saturday, Oct. 17, 2015. Caltrans is moving mud and debris so that the vehicles can be removed.

Hundreds of vehicles sit buried in the mud on California 58 east of Tehachapi on Saturday, Oct. 17, 2015.

Gary Lumpkins of Golden Empire Towing jumps down a high cement barricade on California 58 east of Tehachapi where up to 20 feet of mud and debris pummeled the area earlier in the week and forced drivers to flee.

Mud, rocks and other debris surround big-rigs, trucks and cars on California 58 east of Tehachapi on Saturday, Oct. 17, 2015.

Caltrans workers shovel tons of mud and debris on California 58 so that hundreds of vehicles trapped in the mudslide area east of Tehachapi can be removed.

Big-rigs are trapped on California 58 east of Tehachapi.

Nearly 200 vehicles were trapped on California 58 east of Tehachapi forcing drivers to abandon their vehicles and big-rigs.

Vehicles are now being allowed on Northbound lanes of Interstate-5 in Fort Tejon at the top of the Grapevine Friday afternoon.

A sandal is left behind where a car was buried up to the windows in a mudslide on Elizabeth Lake Road.

Sweepers clean mud from the closed Interstate 5 on Friday.

Andrew Saenz, 7, reads as his mom, Denise Saenz, tries to make a call in the front seat in Fort Tejon where they were stranded on Friday morning. The family was unable to get home and had to spend the night on the road.

Tony Hemming uses a shovel to dig his car out of a mudslide on Elizabeth Lake Road on Friday.

A bulldozer clears mud from Lake Elizabeth Road after several cars were inundated after a deluge Thursday.

Several cars on Elizabeth Lake Road are inundated with mud after the deluge .

Steve Ring and Simone Gonzales have been stuck in Fort Tejon at the top of the Grapevine since 6 p.m. Thursday. “We have a place to sleep and have food. We just don’t know when we’ll be able to leave,” Gonzales said.

A big-rig sits stranded on California 58 in the Tehachapi area, where the road remains closed after torrential rains pummeled the area.

Big-rigs sit stranded on California 58 as cleanup operations are underway in the Tehachapi area.

TV cameraman Monte Duarte is helped off California 58 after he became stuck in the mud and was assisted by California Highway Patrol Officer Edward Stewart and photographer Travis Geske, background.

Big-rigs sit stranded on California 58 in the Tehachapi area.

An unidentified man navigates thick mud near stranded big-rigs on California 58 in the Tehachapi area, where the road remains closed Friday.

A motorist tries to dig a vehicle out of the mud along Elizabeth Lake Road.

Several cars on Elizabeth Lake Road are inundated with mud after a deluge Thursday.

California Highway Patrol officers give motorists directions at the intersection of California 14 and 58. California 58 remains closed after torrential rains pummeled the area.

A camper sits stranded on California 58 in the Tehachapi area, where the road remains closed after 200 vehicles, including 75 tractor-trailers, were trapped east of Tehachapi in up to 20 feet of mud.

Caltrans crews work to clear mud, boulders and debris Friday morning from the southbound lanes of Interstate 5 in the Grapevine after a heavy rain on Thursday closed the highway.

Caltrans crews work to clear mud, boulders and debris Friday morning from the southbound lanes of Interstate 5 in the Grapevine after a heavy rain on Thursday closed the highway.

Caltrans crews work to clear mud, boulders and debris Friday morning from the southbound lanes of Interstate 5 in the Grapevine after a heavy rain on Thursday closed the highway.

Caltrans crews work to clear mud, boulders and debris Friday morning from the southbound lanes of Interstate 5 in the Grapevine after a heavy rain on Thursday closed the highway.

Caltrans crews work to clear mud, boulders and debris Friday morning from the southbound lanes of Interstate 5 in the Grapevine after a heavy rain on Thursday closed the highway.

A storm hit the Antelope Valley and Lake Hughes area with rain, hail and mudslides that left motorists stranded.

Bouquet Canyon Road is covered in mud after a storm hit the Antelope Valley.

Interstate 5 remains closed Friday morning with possible rain later in the afternoon.

As the storm clears, floodwaters cover Bouquet Canyon Road in the Lake Hughes area.