A potent storm slammed into California on Tuesday, Oct. 14, bringing a nasty mix of foul weather, including downpours of rain, strong winds, flood concerns – and even a few tornado warnings.
Rain continued into the afternoon in many areas: “Where torrential rain falls on steep hillsides and burn scar locations, the potential for mudslides and other debris flows will be high,” AccuWeather senior meteorologist Alex Sosnowski warned in an online forecast Oct. 14.
“The risk has prompted evacuations north of Los Angeles as of early Tuesday morning (Oct. 14),” he said. According to the Los Angeles Times, evacuation warnings have been issued in areas ravaged by January’s firestorm — including the burn scars from the Palisades fire, the Eaton fire in Altadena, the Hurst fire in Sylmar and the Sunset fire in the Hollywood Hills — “which are at a high risk of debris flows.” The evacuations will be in effect overnight…