In Santa Barbara, people living in at-risk areas were told to leave by 3 p.m. Wednesday. The National Weather Service in Los Angeles said on X around 5 p.m. local time that the storm was "rapidly intensifying" over Los Angeles County.

Fresno, United States - February 13, 2025 An atmospheric river was pummeling Southern California with heavy rain on Thursday, prompting evacuations and school closures as heavy mudslides and flooding hit areas charred by the wildfires that broke out across the region last month.

A Los Angeles City firefighter was hospitalized after his SUV was swept into the Pacific Ocean during a mudslide in Malibu.