Ice, Mudslides Snarl Traffic Across Southern California
Rain and Snow Temporarily Close Parts of I-5, Impact Fire Recovery Efforts
Mud covers Topanga Canyon Rd. on the Palisades Fire burn area Jan. 27 after a series of weekend storms. (Jae C. Hong/Associated Press)
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LOS ANGELES — Snow shut down a key interstate north of Los Angeles for hours on Jan. 27 while weekend downpours doused wildfires across Southern California in the first significant storm of the season for the region that had not seen rainfall for eight months.
As much as an inch of rain fell, posing another challenge as the wet weather loosened L.A. hillsides burned bare by the recent blaze near the Pacific Palisades, where crews working before dawn cleared inundated roadways including the famed Pacific Coast Highway.
Ash and mud flowed across streets in charred neighborhoods, and flood watches were in effect for the Palisades, Altadena and Castaic Lake areas.
“All these fresh burns are very susceptible to rapid runoff,” said Joe Sirard, a meteorologist for…
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