In the Los Angeles area, mud and debris covered several major roads including the Pacific Coast Highway, the 101 freeway and Mulholland Drive in the Hollywood Hills. In Malibu, an SUV carrying a Los Angeles firefighter was swept off the road and into the Pacific Ocean.

Mud and debris flows closed roads and prompted evacuations in parts of Southern California recently devastated by wildfires.

Three days of drenching rain, flooding and mudslides have forced evacuations and road closures, including a portion of the Pacific Coast Highway from Malibu and Pacific Palisades. The Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles,