LOS ANGELES (APP) – Rain on the dried southern California on Saturday will help firefighters extinguish a number of forest fires. But torrential rains on the burned hills can bring the risk of new troubles. The flow of poisonous ash.
The Los Angeles County staff just did the most part of the week removing plants, shooting slopes and strengthening roads in the destroyed areas of policids and Eaton fire, after breaking up during powerful winds on January 7 The whole palaces turned into rubble and ash.
The National Weather Service said that most of the region is likely to rain less than an inch, but the risk of flowing down the mud and debris hills locally due to clouds explodes is so high that the worst situation is ready. “Go.
“While destructive debris flow is not most likely, but with this storm, there is still a lot of uncertainty,” said Los Angeles’s seasonal services office.
The forecasts said the rain was expected to begin in the afternoon, the weekend would increase and stay till Monday. Flood watches were released for some burned areas.
Mayor Karen Boss of Los Angeles He issued an executive order this week. To accelerate cleaning efforts and reduce the environmental effects of fire -related pollution. LA County supervisors also approved an emergency movement to install the flood control infrastructure and to speed up and remove the sesame in fire -affected areas.
Fire staff filled sand bags for communities, while county workers obstructed and cleaned drainage pipes and basins.
Authorities warned that the recent burning areas were ash. A toxic mixture Burned cars, electronics, batteries, construction equipment, paint, furniture and every other type of personal equipment. It contains pesticides, asbestos, plastic and lead. Residents were urged to wear protective clothing while cleaning.
The concerns about the postal debris flow are especially more since 2018, when the town of Montesto on the coast to LA Destroyed by soils After a torrential rains, the mountain slopes burned by a huge fire. Twenty -three people were killed and hundreds of homes were damaged.
While the wet weather eliminated the hazardous breeze and humidity of the weeks, several forest fires were also burning in southern California on Saturday. These included palisades and Eaton Fire, which At least 28 people were killed. And destroyed more than 14,000 structures. Palisades fire control rate reached 81%, and Eaton Fire was at 95%.
In northern Los Angeles County, firefighters made significant progress against the Hughes fire, which forced tens of thousands of people to evacuate in the mountains near the Lake Castic area on Wednesday.
And in San Diego County, a remote area of ​​Outta Mountain Wilders, near the United States-Mexico border, was still rarely controlled by the Border 2 fire.
The rain is expected to record near the dry weather in southern California. The Los Angeles Times reported on Saturday that in the aquatic year, which began on October 1, most of the area received less than 5% rainfall in the area.
Most of the southern California is now in either “extreme drought” or “severe drought” American drought monitor.
