The floods that struck last week just before the first anniversary of the January wildfires show how extreme weather is defining life in the L.A. region.

Flood watches have been issued by the National Weather Service (NWS) in Southern California, as forecasters warn that heavy rain could trigger flooding. “Avoid the roads as much as possible Wednesday Night through Thursday,” the NWS forecast office in Los Angeles said Tuesday on X.

Southern California could see an additional 1-2 inches of rain into the New Year through Friday, causing a flash flood risk in wildfire burn scars. A flood watch is in effect for much of southern California,

At 2:43 p.m. on Wednesday, the NWS Eureka CA issued a flood watch valid from Friday 4 p.m. until Sunday 10 p.m. The watch is for Northern Humboldt Coast, Southwestern Humboldt, Northern Humboldt Interior,

More than 41 million Americans across California, Nevada and Arizona are under flood watches on Wednesday amid a rare, high risk for excessive rainfall and flooding.

A powerful atmospheric river batters California with floods, mudslides, and outages as Gov. Newsom declares emergency in multiple counties.

On Thursday at 12:17 a.m. the NWS Los Angeles/Oxnard CA issued a flood watch in effect until 10 p.m. The watch is for Santa Clarita Valley, Santa Barbara County Southwestern Coast, Santa Barbara County Southeastern Coast,

A winter storm is hitting New York City and other parts of the Northeast, but an atmospheric river that dumped rain on California most of the week was easing.

A strong storm system that brought relentless winds, rain and snowfall to California this week was expected to ease Friday but there was still a risk of more mudslides and flooding, forecasters said.

Three days of heavy downpours that spawned flash flooding and mudslides across Southern California subsided on Friday, as residents of homes in the hard-hit mountain resort of Wrightwood began digging out mud and assessing damage.

Southern California could see an additional 1-2 inches of rain into the New Year through Friday, causing a flash flood risk in wildfire burn scars. A flood watch is in effect for much of southern California,

A California storm on Christmas Eve caused flooding and mudslides, and prompted evacuations, power outages, and travel warnings as heavy rains hit the region.