Southern California is set to experience its first significant rainstorm of the season, bringing potential for flooding and debris flows, particularly in areas recently scorched by wildfires. Forecasters warn of heavy rainfall, with a flood watch in effect for vulnerable regions. The storm, originating from Canada, is expected to linger through Monday, dumping up to 3 inches of rain in some mountainous areas.
The worst of the first significant rainstorm of the season for Southern California is expected to hit Sunday and Monday. Here is what you need to know: Forecasters with the weather service issued a flood watch for the burned areas of the recent L.A. County fires for the time period of highest risk — from 10 a.m. Sunday through 4 p.m. Monday. By 3 p.m. Sunday, a handful of locations in western Los Angeles County had received half an inch of rain, according to the weather service.
The adjusted forecast is a result of the low pressure system, dropping in from Canada, appearing to veer a little bit more to the west — a little bit more off the coast of Southern California — than initially expected, which would make this storm wetter. That’s resulting in the “increased concerns for debris flows over some of the burned scars,” Kittell said.
FLOOD WATCH RAINSTORM WILDFIRES DEBRIS FLOWS SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
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