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Photos: California Rain Impacts Wildfire-Burned Areas With Floods
See photos of the winter storm that hit wildfire-affected areas of California, as mudslides and road closures forced evacuations.
CALIFORNIA – California was hit with its first major winter storm of the season Thursday, Nov. 29, just weeks after experiencing the nation's deadliest wildfires. Now, the fear of dangerous mudslides looms over the Golden State.
Areas that were severely burned by the wildfire, like Paradise in Butte County, were hit with flash flood warnings.
"Coastal health authorities are urging people to stay away from beach water, which may contain bacteria, chemicals, debris, trash and other public health hazards due to runoff," AP reported on Thursday.
Trabuco Canyon in Orange County also received a mandatory evacuation, after experiencing a wildfire earlier this year.
As the storm moved across Southern California, forecasters warned that rainfall in the wildfire burn areas could potentially unleash flows of debris and snow. Mud and rock slides now threaten affected areas as flooding recedes. Two mountain highways just northeast of Los Angeles had to shut down as more travel complications arose.
From mandatory evacuations and flash flood warnings, to locals riding bikes with umbrellas, we rounded up the most telling photos of the weather conditions in California.
See photos of recent California floods in wildfire-affected areas below:
Thursday Nov. 29, 2018
A car passes by a sign warning area residents of a flash flood warning along Trabuco Canyon Road in Trabuco Canyon, California, on Thursday morning as heavy rain and storms moved through Orange County and Southern California. (Mark Rightmire/The Orange County Register via AP)
An Orange County Public Works employee takes video of the flash flood water blackened by ash and debris from the Holy Fire as it rushes along Trabuco Creek and under Trabuco Canyon Road in Trabuco Canyon, California. (Mark Rightmire/The Orange County Register via AP)
Corona fireman Charlie Apodaca places sand bags at a business to protect it from flooding along Temescal Canyon Road in Corona, California. (Irfan Khan/Los Angeles Times via AP)
Mud and debris has flowed down normally-dry Solstice Creek in an area burned by the Woolsey Fire in Malibu, California. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon)
An Orange County Sheriff vehicle closes Trabuco Canyon Road in Trabuco Canyon, California, due to a flash flood warning as heavy rain and storms moved through Orange County and Southern California. (Mark Rightmire/The Orange County Register via AP)
A mudslide trapped several vehicles along Valley of the Falls Drive in Forest Falls in San Bernardino County, California. (Stan Lim/The Orange County Register via AP)
A motorist creates a big splash, due to the rain, while driving through the flooded intersection of Magnolia Boulevard and Laurel Canyon Boulevard in North Hollywood, California. (Mel Melcon/Los Angeles Times via AP)
A crew is busy in clearing the road in front of Glen Ivy RV Park along Temescal Canyon Road Thursday, Nov. 29, 2018, in Corona, California. (Irfan Khan/Los Angeles Times via AP)
With cloudy skies and rain falling, people walk in downtown Los Angeles. (Kent Nishimura/Los Angeles Times via AP)
Firefighters remove pieces of scaffolding that were blown down on Taraval Street during stormy weather in San Francisco. (Lea Suzuki/San Francisco Chronicle via AP)
With cloudy skies and rain falling, a bike rider turns off Broadway, as people walk in downtown Los Angeles. (Kent Nishimura/Los Angeles Times via AP)
Mud and debris has flowed onto Kanan-Dume Road in an area burned by the Woolsey Fire in Malibu, California. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon)
A man surfs near Fort Point in front of Alcatraz Island in San Francisco. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)
Corona fireman Charlie Apodaca places sand bags at a business to protect it from flooding along Temescal Canyon Road in Corona, California. (Irfan Khan/Los Angeles Times via AP)
A scoop clears debris from a mudslide that partially blocked Honey Run Road near Chico, California. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)
A rainbow spans the sky in Victorville, California. (James Quigg/The Daily Press via AP)
Lead image by Stan Lim/The Orange County Register via AP. Sourced from AP.
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