Residents living in areas with high risk of floods and junk flows, such as recent combustion zones for wildfires, were asked Wednesday to be prepared for the possibility evacuation warnings and orders as Most powerful storm of the season arrives in southern California

Public job crews in Los Angeles County have cleared rubbish pools and storm drains and distributed sand bags to the inhabitants before the most intense rain periods on Thursday. Scattered showers soak the region on Wednesday and offer time for residents to prepare in the few last hours before rainfall.

“Please, if evacuation orders are done … Keep your security in mind,” said Los Angeles -Sherff Robert Luna at a news conference on Wednesday morning. “They help protect you and your loved ones from potential danger. Storms can provide sudden and serious conditions that make you hold home extremely risky. Take the necessary action now to prepare. Pack an emergency, secure important documents and ensure That you have it a plan for your pets and family members.

“And remember that if you are ordered to leave, you may be away for several days. I can’t get up here and say you will be away for 12 hours, 24 hours. We don’t know. It depends on the weather and the event after weather that will affect your specific neighborhood. ”

Luna said that formal evacuation warnings are likely to be issued sometime Wednesday, possibly followed by evacuation orders, depending on how the storm develops.

The rain moves in, and it is enough to make roads slippery today, but the heaviest rain is still expected for Thursday. The rainfall will be high and cause major problems for clay and junk flows.

A Flash Flood Watchwhich indicates the potential for floods to develop will be in effect from early Thursday afternoon to early Friday morning. More urgent flash -overwashing warnings, to adapt floods that happen or imminent, can be issued when the storm intensifies.

Season’s most important rain manufacturers come more than a month after the beginning of the mortals Eaton Fire in Altadena and Palisades Fire in Pacific Palisaded. Both fires stripped litters of vegetation and leave these areas more likely to floods and harmful junk flows.

Luna said that alternates have also been in flood -exposed areas such as the Los Angeles River to warn homeless that can become camps there to move.

“Unfortunately, we witnessed many, many cases in the past by rapid water rescues where people were caught in dangerous, quickly touching water, and obviously we want to prevent it,” he said.