Mudslide fully blocks Paradise Bay Road near Port Ludlow

Published 12:01 am Friday, January 22, 2016

PORT LUDLOW — Paradise Bay Road was fully blocked by a mudslide about 2 miles north of the Hood Canal Bridge on Thursday.

Jefferson County Department of Emergency Management officials said the slide occurred near Bywater Way shortly before 2 p.m.

Emergency management officials had recommended that drivers use alternate routes for three to four hours following the slide.

Crews were still removing debris from the roadway Thursday evening, Jefferson Department of Emergency Management Director Bob Hamlin said.