<\/br> A new storm is expected to sweep through Southern California this evening, slowing the Tuesday morning commute but not posing a threat to hillside homes, authorities said. <\/p>\n
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<\/br> A new storm is expected to sweep through Southern California this evening, slowing the Tuesday morning commute but not posing a threat to hillside homes, authorities said. <\/p>\n
\nOfficials with the National Weather Service described the storm as a single event that probably would bring considerably less moisture than the multiple series of storms last week that drenched the region.<\/p>\n
\n\u201cThis is just a solitary storm, coming down the coast,\u201d said Jamie Meier, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Oxnard. \u201cRight now the exact track of the storm is a bit iffy.\u201d<\/p>\n
\nThe system will bring some periods of heavy rain and gusty winds Tuesday, but that is expected to be short-lived, she said.
\nThe storm was expected to dump between a half-inch to 1 inch of rain on the region before tapering off Wednesday.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Dry and cool conditions were expected to prevail the rest of the week, the National Weather Service said, though there is a chance of more rain Friday.<\/p>\n
Last week’s storms forced more than 2,000 hillside homes to be evacuated as more than 6 inches of rain deluged some foothill areas.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis coming system does not appear to pose a problem as far as mud flows are concerned,\u201d said Bob Spencer, a spokesman for the L.A. County Department of Public Works. \u201cThere shouldn\u2019t be the kind of precipitation that we saw last week coming down the mountains.\u201d<\/p>\n
Bulldozers, dump trucks and other heavy equipment were being used today to clean out debris basins in La Ca\u00f1ada Flintridge, La Crescenta and other foothill areas scarred by last year’s Station wildfire. The basins are designed to catch and channel mud, boulders, branches and other water-driven debris away from homes and roads.<\/p>\n
\n \u201cWe\u2019ve had a couple of days of respite to clear out the basins,\u201d Spencer said. \u201cThat\u2019s been good for us.\u201d <\/p>\n
Authorities asked motorists in the foothills to take extra caution because so much heavy equipment is navigating the roads. The curious were asked to stay away so as to minimize traffic.<\/p>\n
\n\u201cRight now, there\u2019s a huge amount of public works equipment in the burn areas,\u201d Spencer said.<\/p>\n
\nMost roads in the Angeles National Forest remained closed as crews removed debris and checked for damage.
\nLast week\u2019s storms pushed the Los Angeles area about 3 inches above normal rain levels for this time of year, said experts with the National Weather Service.<\/p>\n
— Patrick J. McDonnell<\/p>\n
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