A brief pause in precipitation will greet Southern California after a record-setting storm system pummeled the region, caused hundreds of mudslides and prompted a state of emergency.
The break will be short-lived as the next storm in a series of February systems is expected to arrive Wednesday afternoon, when a “trough of low pressure,” originating from waters off Alaska, will make its way down the West Coast, according to the National Weather Service.
“Do not let the break Wednesday morning misguide you − more rain and mountain snow coming Wednesday afternoon and night,” the weather service said on X. “This system will be able to interact with the lingering moisture from our current storm to bring one last band of organized precipitation Wednesday afternoon and night.”
The historic atmospheric river storm that lashed California for several days dumped six months worth of rain over Los Angeles and broke multiple records for single-day rain totals across the state. The torrential rain and powerful wind unleashed at least 475 mudslides, filled the Los Angeles River and killed at least three people.