L.A. faces flooding and power outages from heavy rain as burn scar areas told to evacuate
The West Coast is braced for an atmospheric river event that threatens flash flooding and power outages from heavy rain and snow, making travel conditions hazardous or even impossible for some commuters.
The West Coast is braced for an atmospheric river event that threatens flash flooding and power outages from heavy rain and snow, making travel conditions hazardous or even impossible for some commuters.
Evacuation warnings are already in place for several areas with burn scars from the Palisades and Eaton fires. Due to predictions of up to 4 inches of rain overnight, flash flood warnings have also been issued for large parts of the region.
"We're dealing with a fast-moving storm that's going to dump down a lot of rain in a short amount of time," NBC Los Angeles meteorologist Melissa Magee said in a forecast Wednesday.
The National Weather Service warned that heavy rain, snow and winds of up to 70 mph would create "dangerous to potentially impossible travel conditions across the Sierra Nevada and northern California higher terrain today."
"Especially as heavy rain approaches, I urge all Angelenos to heed all weather warnings," Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass said in a statement. "This storm has the potential to cause impacts in burn areas but also neighborhoods citywide. City crews have installed thousands of concrete barriers and thousands of sandbags to stop mudflows."
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