The young girl's father died while attempting to save her as she was pulled by large waves at Garrapata State Beach on Friday, according to the Monterey County Sheriff's Office.

An unusually powerful storm unleashed heavy rain, flooding roadways and prompting concerns about mudslides and debris flows in wildfire burn scars.

The second part of the storm is expected to start Friday night,​ with the main intensity over Los Angeles and Ventura counties.

The National Weather Service issued a flash flood warning for a swath of Los Angeles County stretching from Santa Clarita to Glendora.

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.