Los Angeles and Ventura counties, where wildfires that broke out early this month are still burning, could see up to an inch of rain Saturday ... Adding fuel to the fire are flood watches in ...

The rain could start as early as Saturday afternoon ... Experts have said the end of this tragic fire season would be marked by precipitation, which would bring moisture back to dry vegetation ...

Yet there is concern that the upcoming rain may provide only temporary relief. After this weekend, a dry spell could return — raising serious questions about whether dangerous fire weather could ...

Heavy rain over the vulnerable wildfire burn scars would be extremely dangerous because it could lead to landslides. A mobile home park destroyed in the Palisades Fire is seen on Jan. 21 ...

While firefighters work to extinguish the Los Angeles-area wildfires, city officials and emergency managers are also worried about what could come next. The potential for rain the weekend of Jan ...

In general, experts say a half-inch of rain per hour could trigger flash floods and debris flows after a fire. In the Mountain Fire area, however, agencies set a slightly higher threshold of 0.6 ...

But how the rain falls could make the difference ... sending it tumbling toward decimated neighborhoods. “It could result in fast-moving flows of mud, rock and fire debris that all conglomerate ...

open image in gallery Flames race up a hill as smoke from the Hughes fire fills the sky in Castaic ... without rain, the region is finally seeing some relief. But, storms could bring dangerous ...