Parts of Los Angeles are currently under evacuation warnings, particularly due to their vulnerability to mudslides, as a severe storm system moves south through California. Pacific Palisades, destroyed by the wildfire disaster in January, is included in the warning areas.
The warnings come as a powerful low pressure-area unleashes heavy rainfall, severe thunderstorms and the possibility of a rare tornado in Southern California. (RELATED: Los Angeles Facing Rare Tornado Risk As Strong Storms Move Through West Coast)
Mandatory evacuations were ordered Monday night for around 115 houses within the warning area, with the homes facing the highest risk of mudslides and debris flows, officials in Los Angeles said, according to ABC7 Eyewitness News. Police went from house to house paying a visit to the at-risk homes.
The evacuation warning is effective until Wednesday at 6:00 a.m. local time for the parts of Southern California in Mandeville, as well as areas devastated by the Sunset and Hurst fires, according to the Los Angeles Fire Department.
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Parts of Southern California, including Los Angeles, are currently under a severe thunderstorm watch until11:00 a.m. local time, according to the National Weather Service (NWS). The alert is the first Severe Thunderstorm Watch for the area of Los Angeles in over 17 years, with the last one taking place Jan. 27, 2008.
Other areas in California have seen flooding alerts be issued, including San Luis Obispo County who had a Flash Flood Warning active Tuesday morning, according to Fox Weather. In Southern California, Orange County and a good chunk of Los Angeles County were issued Flood Watches, with the biggest concern being the areas with burn scars.
Southern California could see heavy rainfall of 1-4 inches, with the worst of the downpours happening by Tuesday evening to the north and east of the region.