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The second part of the storm is expected to start Friday night, with the main intensity over Los Angeles and Ventura counties.
Southern California is bracing for an early winter storm expected into this weekend, prompting evacuation warnings near wildfire burn scars due to flooding and debris-flow risks and extra emergency response crews deployed to the region by the governor. Small tornadoes and hail could also develop, according to meteorologists.
The warnings encompass areas near the Palisades, Eaton, Kenneth, Sunset and Hurst fires that burned in January.
Pack Fire burns 3,400 acres in Mono County, prompting evacuations and U.S. 395 closure as storms bring relief and new hazards.
The storm could trigger dangerous flash floods and mudslides, but it may also extinguish California’s wildfire season.