Southern California faces deluge of rain
LOS ANGELES - Southern California was pounded by a fierce winter storm Thursday that dumped up to 2 inches of rain in some areas, unleashing mud and debris flows in Malibu and creating dangerous conditions in numerous areas burned in recent wildfires.
The storm dropped enough snow on the Grapevine to close the 5 Freeway, flooded other roads, caused a jetliner to skid off the runway at Burbank's airport and prompted officials in Orange County to issue a voluntary evacuation warning in an area burned by this summer's Holy fire.
Unprecedented fires across the Southland over the last year have left hillsides from Montecito to Lake Elsinore highly vulnerable to mudslides during heavy rains, and Thursday's storm was
