DESERT CENTER, Calif.—The main highway from Los Angeles to Phoenix was damaged by a flash flood that washed out part of the road through the Southern California desert.
The flooding began Wednesday evening amid the latest round of monsoonal thunderstorms to hit the region this summer. The damaged roadway was part of a detour past a repair project along eastbound Interstate 10 near the small community of Desert Center, about 165 miles east of Los Angeles.
