New storms move into Southern California, bringing wet, hazardous holiday weekend

LOS ANGELES — Two storms are bearing down on Southern California this holiday weekend, further drenching the region and bringing the risk of coastal flooding, especially during times of high tide.

Unlike the stream of atmospheric rivers — the so-called Pineapple Express — that brought record rainfall to the region from the western Pacific, these are more traditional winter storms coming down the coast from the north, said Mike Wofford, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Oxnard.

The heaviest rainfall is expected Saturday between