Parts of Southern California face mandatory evacuation amid incoming storm

A mandatory evacuation order was issued Thursday for some fire burned portions of Southern California in anticipation of an upcoming storm with possible flooding and debris flow, officials said.

Between 25,000 and 30,000 people in south coast communities of Santa Barbara County will be affected by the order, Sheriff Bill Brown said. Individuals near the charred areas of the Thomas, Sherpa and Whittier fires were told to leave the area by 6 p.m., a news release said. The area includes Goleta, Santa Barbara, Montecito, Summerland and Carpinteria.

A winter storm is expected to descend on the area late Thursday, the National Weather Service (NWS) said, with a possibility of peak rain totals in some parts reaching up to a half inch per hour through Friday,  “especially in the foothills and coastal slopes.”


Source : foxnews