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The National Weather Service has canceled the Flash Flood Watch issued yesterday in conjunction with the current weather system that is bringing rains to the area. As the storm approached, residents of recent burn areas, like the hills in the northern parts of Glendale, in La Crescenta, in La Cañada-Flintridge scorched by the massive Station Fire, worked diligently to prepare their homes and hillsides for potential mud or debris flows.

The storm that soaked Southern California yesterday brought soggy hillsides down in some areas, and more rain is on the way today. The mud came sliding down in two separate locations in Sylmar last night, and a third mudslide was reported in Sierra Madre.

Numerous showers and isolated thunderstorms will continue through this evening. "While rainfall coverage is not expected to be as widespread, there will still be pockets of high intensity rainfall," warns to the National Weather Service. "With the potential for rainfall rates over one half inch per hour, there will continue to be a risk for flash floods and debris flows in the near recently burned areas. The flash flood watch is for these areas only." Across the region, total rainfalls are expected to range from three quarts of an inch to three inches, depending on where you live.

Expected rain today could bring flooding to mountain areas that are recovering from recent wildfires. "The National Weather Service issued a flash flood watch from noon to this evening for Santa Barbara, Ventura and Los Angeles county mountain areas, excluding the Santa Monica range, and for the Antelope Valley," reports the LA Times.