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Flood threats dispersed crossed Los Angeles
LIFE-THREATENING FLOODING: A unsafe vacation tempest is slamming Southern California with flood threats sweeping crossed Los Angeles. FOX Weather Meteorologist Brandy Campbell is unrecorded successful L.A. with the latest:
LOS ANGELES – Widespread Flash Flood Warnings were issued crossed the Los Angeles metro country and different parts of Southern California Wednesday, arsenic a almighty tempest slammed millions preparing for Christmas Eve with blinding rain—the opening of what forecasters said would apt beryllium life-threatening floods.
The National Weather Service (NWS) issued Flash Flood Warnings for parts of Los Angeles, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, and Ventura counties aboriginal Wednesday.
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ALTADENA, CA - DECEMBER 23, 2025: Bob Ganguin of Altadena places sandbags astatine the extremity of his driveway successful mentation for the forecasted tempest to get Tuesday nighttime connected December 23, 2025 successful Altadena, California. ((Gina Ferazzi / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images))
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LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - NOVEMBER 20: Rain falls from tempest clouds implicit downtown arsenic seen from the Baldwin Hills vicinity connected November 20, 2025 successful Los Angeles, California, during aggregate days of a tempest that triggered evacuation and flash flood warnings successful Southern California. ((Photo by Apu Gomes/Getty Images))
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ALTADENA, CA - DECEMBER 23, 2025: Dave Racs of Altadena steps implicit 1 of the ample hay filled burlap rolls helium placed astir his spot to support mud and debris from flowing onto his spot erstwhile the forecasted tempest hits connected December 23, 2025 successful Altadena, California. He mislaid his 100 twelvemonth aged location successful the Eaton occurrence and is present surviving connected the spot successful an RV. ((Gina Ferazzi / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images))
Some of the warnings issued included rainfall rates arsenic precocious arsenic 1.25 inches per hour.
Caltrans reported roadworthy flooding and downed histrion branches crossed Southern California aboriginal Wednesday, arsenic the almighty tempest strategy moved onshore.
Evacuation Warnings had been issued crossed Southern California up of Wednesday's storm, mostly for areas adjacent to pain scars from January's wildfire disaster.
WHAT IS A WILDFIRE BURN SCAR AND HOW COULD THEY HAVE LASTING IMPACTS?
Ash from wildfires creates pain scars—a water-repellent coating that prevents the crushed from absorbing h2o and causes the country to beryllium predisposed to flash flooding and debris flows.
Los Angeles constabulary officers went door-to-door earlier successful the week informing radical surviving successful high-risk homes wrong evacuation zones.
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The Los Angeles Fire Department issued evacuation warnings done 11 p.m. Thursday for imaginable debris flows astir the Palisades and Eaton Fire pain scars that could interaction the Malibu, Pacific Palisades, Altadena and Sierra Madre communities.
Altadena, CA - December 22: Signs astatine a determination wherever Los Angeles County Public Works Department workers administer sandbags to residents astatine a region works nationalist gait connected Monday, Dec. 22, 2025 successful Altadena, CA.
((Eric Thayer / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images) / Getty Images)
Similar notices are successful effect for neighborhoods astir the Hurst and Sunset fires, arsenic good arsenic brunt scar and flood-prone regions crossed Santa Barbara, San Bernardino, Ventura, and Orange counties.
People adjacent the Palisades and Eaton Fire pain scars were urged to instrumentality protective enactment earlier successful the week. The Los Angeles County Department of Public Works distributed sandbags successful Altadena and different susceptible communities.
FILE - Sierra Madre, CA - February 14:A mudslide poured into this location on Sunnyslope Drive successful Sierra Madre during dense rains connected Thursday. Over an Inch of rainfall fell Thursday implicit upland areas burned by the Eaton occurrence causing respective mudslides successful the area.
((Photo by David Crane/MediaNews Group/Los Angeles Daily News via Getty Images) / Getty Images)
Los Angeles County opened a structure successful westbound L.A. up of the storm.
The NWS bureau successful Los Angeles issued respective warnings Wednesday for boaters regarding imaginable waterspouts.
Farther north, the National Weather Service bureau successful San Francisco issued a Special Marine Warning from Pigeon Point to Point Pinos, highlighting the menace of waterspouts and ample waves.
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