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Atmospheric River Soaks Southern California, Triggering Flood Alerts and Evacuations

Officials say wildfire burn scars sharply raise the risk of flash floods, mudslides, debris flows.

Overview

  • Flood alerts from the National Weather Service cover roughly 20 to 22 million people across Southern California through the weekend.
  • Rainfall rates reached up to one inch per hour in coastal areas, with as much as four inches forecast across the Los Angeles metro.
  • Los Angeles issued mandatory evacuations for specific high-risk properties in the Palisades and Eaton burn areas, with about 126 homes affected near Pacific Palisades.
  • Door-to-door evacuations were conducted in Altadena as crews installed K-style debris barriers, and the governor deployed water-rescue teams and helicopters across at least five southern counties.
  • A wooden boat believed to be carrying migrants capsized off the Southern California coast in stormy seas, leaving at least four dead and four hospitalized, according to the U.S. Coast Guard.