Several areas in Southern California could have scattered showers throughout the day, but the potential for "damaging flooding" will not increase until the evening to overnight hours.

At least some debris flow is ongoing in the Malibu area, with portions of the Pacific Coast Highway closed. The same storm system driving severe weather elsewhere in the country is fueling one of the most widespread and potent rounds of rain in Southern California since the historic January fires.

Los Angeles police distributed address-specific evacuation orders Tuesday to residents in burn areas of the Palisades, Sunset and Hurst fires, which are expected to be “susceptible to heavy rain.” Heavy rain was expected to last through early Thursday morning,