Overview
- Gusts toppled trees and power lines Monday, closing State Route 118 in Moorpark and damaging homes from Tarzana to Sylmar, where a family escaped injury after branches pierced a bedroom.
- Anaheim crews rescued two women after a palm tree fell onto their car near Disneyland, and authorities urged residents to treat downed lines as dangerous and call 911.
- The National Weather Service projects an 80–90% chance of rain for Pasadena’s Rose Parade, with the heaviest showers Wednesday night into Thursday at rates near a quarter to a half inch per hour.
- Rainfall through the weekend is forecast at 1–3 inches for coasts and valleys and 2–5 inches in mountains, with elevated runoff, roadway flooding, mudslides and debris-flow risk on burn scars.
- Forecasters expect two systems, including a late‑week event that could reach moderate atmospheric river strength; the Weather Prediction Center has a Slight Risk for excessive rain early Thursday into Friday.