A Pacific storm could help California crews battle the dangerous Pack Fire in Mono County, but it could also wreak havoc on fire-charred communities further south.

A Pacific storm barreling toward Southern California has the potential to cause significant damage to the January wildfire burn scar areas, prompting evacuation warnings. Residents near the

Heavy rain continues to pound Southern California today. The National Weather Service expects 2 to 3 inches will fall over the next 24 hours. That could push the storm's total over 6 inches in some locations.

If rain falls as forecast, this storm could result in downtown Los Angeles seeing its wettest November since 1985. Heavy rain brings the possibility of damaging flooding and landslides.

Los Angeles County officials have issued evacuation warnings for areas near recent wildfire burn scars, including the Palisades and Eaton fires, as a storm capable of producing heavy rainfall is

Two waves of rain are expected to sweep Southern California’s coastal plain from San Luis Obispo County to the Mexico border. The area between Santa Barbara and Los Angeles Counties falls within the bull’s-eye of where the most rain could fall over the next four days.

In less than 24 hours, California experienced nearly a dozen weather and natural events - heavy rain, flooding, lightning, snow, high winds, landslides, fog, blowing dust, wildfires, a rainbow and an earthquake. And this came just one day after the aurora illuminated skies across the state and much of the nation.