Authorities began making calls Thursday night warning residents in high-risk mudslide areas of La Cañada Flintridge and La Crescenta that they will need to evacuate their homes by Friday afternoon in advance of a rainstorm expected to batter the region.
"We’re giving them advance notice," said Nicole Nishida, a spokeswoman for the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department.
She said that the evacuation orders will affect about 200 homes and that residents will be expected to leave by 4 p.m.
A second round of calls is scheduled to be made about noon Friday. In addition, deputies will be going door to door to inform residents of the evacuation orders, Nishida said.
The storm will bring rain and snow Friday afternoon and is expected to last through Saturday, according to the National Weather Service. A second storm is forecast to arrive Sunday night and last into Monday.
— Robert J. Lopez