Southern California braces for strongest storm of the week, with evacuations planned amid rare ‘high risk’ of flooding

A major storm is gearing up to deliver months’ worth of rain and powerful winds to Southern California — the most potent in a slew of atmospheric river-fueled storms aiming for the region this week.

It’s coming hot on the heels of a storm that killed at least one person and brought intense flooding to Northern California over the weekend.

The new storm was powering up out over the Pacific Ocean early Tuesday morning. It will start to slam the entire California coast from north to south with rain and wind late Tuesday evening…

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