Southern California will clock a few more tense hours as showers continue to soak the burn-scarred landscape around Los Angeles.
While the rains are helping fight wildfires that have killed at least 28 and destroyed more than 16,000 structures, they’re also raising the risk of deadly landslides and debris flows that can inundate a house with mud in seconds. A flood watch remains in force through 10 a.m. local time, the National Weather Service said.
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Skies over Los Angeles will start to clear Monday afternoon and Tuesday promises to be clear, the weather service said.
A short section of the Pacific Coast Highway west of Topanga Canyon Boulevard was shut due to mudslides and four vehicles had to be pulled out near Woodland Hills on Sunday. In addition to fires that ripped through the region this month, there are older burn scars across Southern California that are also vulnerable to shifting under intense rain, said David Roth, a senior branch forecaster at the US Weather Prediction Center.
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The worst dangers are around the Palisades and Eaton fires, which are 90% and 98% contained, respectively. The threat also is high near the Hughes Fire that erupted last week near Castaic Lake and is 95% contained, according to the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection.
At higher elevations, the precipitation is falling as snow, prompting the closure of Interstate 5 north of Los Angeles, according to a post on X by the California Department of Transportation.
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