The heaviest rains from an atmospheric river storm are still to come through Wednesday evening, with some locally heavier downpours possible, forecasters said.
Rain is expected to fall at rates between a half-inch to an inch per hour during the holiday storm, which includes high winds. The conditions may have contributed to a man’s death in City Heights and already prompted widespread power outages in San Diego County on Christmas Eve.
The storm moved into Southern California Wednesday, causing authorities to issue a flood watch that will be in effect for county coastal areas, valleys, mountains and deserts through early Thursday morning…