The National Weather Service warned that rain and flooding would intensify throughout the evening until around 10 p.m., bringing the risk of major flooding, debris flows and damaging winds.

For the second time this year, Southern Californians are evacuating their homes as heavy rain threatens new destruction in places still recovering from last month’s devastating wildfires.

Parts of Pacific Coast Highway remained closed due to heavy flooding and mudslides in Southern California, according to state officials.

Southern California was primed for more mudslides and flooding on Friday, especially in areas scorched by last month's devastating wildfires, even as heavy rains that have saturated the Los Angeles area this week tapered off.

Residents in pockets across Southern California are preparing for rainstorms expected to slam the region over the next few days — and bring the potential for mudslides and debris flow in areas recently ravaged by wildfires.

After days of heavy rain, the strongest storm of the year brought dangerous debris flows and rock- and mudslides across Southern California on Friday, including in several areas that last month were ablaze with devastating fires.

Residents of a Southern California mountain community near the Eaton Fire burn scar dug out of roads submerged in sludge Friday after the strongest storm of the year swept through the area, unleashing debris flows and muddy messes in several neighborhoods recently torched by wildfires.