The Brief
- Another wave of heavy rain hit Southern California Friday, bringing threats of dangerous flooding, mudslides, and rockslides on already saturated ground.
- Mandatory evacuation orders and flood watches were issued for high-risk burn scars across L.A. and Orange counties, with multiple emergency shelters now open.
- Officials are urging residents to avoid travel as crews respond to record-breaking rainfall that has already closed major freeways and downed power lines.
LOS ANGELES – Another surge of rain battered Southern California on Friday, bringing a risk of high potential flooding, after record rainfall drenched the area on Christmas Eve.
Record-breaking rainfall
What we know:
Forecasters said 2 to 5 inches of rain likely fell in the mountains during the second wave, but other areas should receive less than 2 inches, unless isolated thunderstorms develop with heavy rains.
For many areas, it was the wettest or second-wettest Dec 24-26 on record. Officially for Downtown LA, we’re at 4.03″ as of Friday evening, making it the second-wettest Dec 24-26 on record. The wettest was 4.33″ in 1889.…