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Trucks Plummet 40 Feet When Florida Scenic Highway Collapses

Vehicles rest at the bottom of a ravine after the Scenic Highway collapsed near Pensacola, Fla.
Image: Pensacola flooding
Vehicles rest at the bottom of a ravine after the Scenic Highway collapsed near Pensacola, Fla., on April 30, 2014. Katie E. King / Pensacola News Journal via AP

Vehicles rest at the bottom of a ravine after the Scenic Highway collapsed near Pensacola, Fla., on Wednesday. Heavy rains and flooding have left people stranded in houses and cars in the Florida Panhandle and along the Alabama coast. According to the National Weather Service, an estimated 15-20 inches of rain has fallen in Pensacola in the past 24 hours.