Officials are urging Southern California residents to prepare for another storm this Sunday, which could bring “damaging and life threatening” flooding on the heels of another storm that battered Long Beach on Thursday.
A strong system, which forecasters are calling “the largest storm of the season,” is expected to be more powerful than the last, dumping three to six inches of heavy rain at rates from a half to one inch per hour through at least Tuesday, according to the National Weather Service.
Rainfall will persist through most if not all of next week, with the highest intensity expected Sunday night through Monday morning as the atmospheric river makes its way through central and Southern California, the service said.
Monday morning commutes may be difficult, if not impossible, as urban areas will likely be heavily affected, said Mike Wofford, meteorologist at NWS in Los Angeles. High-speed winds can also knock off branches and fall onto passersby, he added.
“[The storm] could really bring things to a standstill,” said Wofford. “It’s definitely going to be an all-area hazard.”