Mandatory Evacuations Ordered In California As Three Fast-Moving Storms Hit Burned Areas

'Go Now': Mandatory evacuations ordered in California as three fast-moving storms start hitting in burn areas scorched by last year's Holy Fire

Officials in Riverside County issued a “MUST GO” order effective 7 a.m. local time for neighborhoods in the burn areas of August’s Holy Fire, stating the risk of debris flows at a moment’s notice.

A mudslide closed a lane on the westbound side of the Pacific Coast Highway west of Malibu. The highway will be closed until the mudslide can be cleared; Caltrans asked all drivers to avoid the area, if possible.

“There is the potential of mudslides and debris flows at recent burn scars, particularly near the Holy Fire burn scar,” the National Weather Service wrote in its warning. “Debris flows can happen suddenly with little time to act. Heed the advice of local officials.“

The second, fast-moving storm in the series to hit California is expected to move into the area Tuesday into early Wednesday with a potential for rain and snow in the higher elevations.

The third system, expected to be the strongest and wettest of the three, will hit the area Wednesday and Thursday.

Debris flows and mudslides are likely in areas where heavy rain hits, considerably burn areas.

Get prepared for this triple storm attack!

Super double bombogenesis explodes in the NW Pacific Ocean, producing hazardous conditions across the Pacific


This wasn’t a simple bombogenesis on January 10, 2019. No, the weather got even more extreme when an extratropical cyclone exploded in a super DOUBLE BOMBOGENESIS, deepening an amazing 58 hPa in 24 hours and producing winds up to 148 km/h (92 mph) and gigantic waves up to 17.28 m (56.71 feet) off the Aleutian Islands in Alaska.

An “explosive cyclogenesis”, or bomb cyclone, has formed in the northwest Pacific Ocean, producing hazardous conditions across the Pacific.

*World Weather* Explosive cyclogenesis in the NW Pacific Ocean as an extratropical cyclone explosively deepens: 58 hPa in 24h, well above the threshold for 'bombogenesis' (24 hPa/ 24h). Himawari-8 imagery. pic.twitter.com/DNMH9156LZ

— severe-weather.EU (@severeweatherEU) January 10, 2019

Weather charts show the huge storm growing in size as it swirls and makes its way across the ocean. The cyclone is swirling at an atmospheric pressure of 58 hectopascals (hPa) in 24 hours, which is well above the threshold for ‘bombogenesis’ (24 hPa in 24 hours).

Wow! super double #bombogenesis  ("bomb" is an extratropical cyclone that drops its central pressure by 24 or more mb in 24 hours). Well this storm (see earlier post for satellite) is a more than double bomb with a drop from 1000 mb to 942 mb in 24 hours, that's a 58 mb drop! pic.twitter.com/qLYNOb6hn2

— YouStorm (@YouStormorg) January 10, 2019

Major consequences of this rapidly deepening low include winds to 148 km/h (92 mph) and widespread giant wave formation with highest significant wave heights to 17.28 m (56.71 feet).