Cleanup efforts underway across Southern California ahead of another storm

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Last updated: Wednesday, November 19, 2025 12:14AM GMT
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Efforts are underway across Southern California to clean up downed trees, flooding and rockslides after days of rain, and the rush is on to get it all done before the next storm moves in.

Conditions will dry up somewhat for the next few days, but more rain is on the way to the region this week.

A chance for spotty, light showers will stick around Tuesday morning and afternoon.

Wednesday is expected to be mostly dry before another system arrives and brings even more showers between Thursday and Friday.

Forecasters said that system could drop another quarter to three-quarters of an inch of rain.

Here's everything you need to know about the stormy weather this week:

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Nov 16, 2025, 4:11 AM GMT

All L.A. County evacuation warnings and orders lifted, including Eaton burn scar

All evacuation warnings and orders in Los Angeles County have been lifted, according to Los Angeles County Fire Department Capt. Brian Kight.

This includes the area of the Eaton Fire burn scar.

The evacuation warnings and orders were lifted after officials with the city of Los Angeles also lifted theirs at 5 p.m., including the Palisades Fire and Sunset Fire burn scar areas.

Although rain is still coming down across much of the region, the worst of the storms has moved through.

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Nov 16, 2025, 4:10 AM GMT

All Los Angeles city evacuation warnings and orders lifted early

The city of Los Angeles has lifted all evacuation warnings and orders associated with the heavy rain that moved through the region on Saturday.

In a press release on Sunday, city officials said the warnings and orders were lifted as of 5 p.m. This includes the Palisades Fire and Sunset Fire burn scar areas.

The warnings and orders were originally set to expire on Sunday morning, but officials lifted them early after the brunt of the heavy rain moved through.

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Nov 16, 2025, 1:02 AM GMT

Neighbors kayak through street flooding in Long Beach neighborhood

Video shared by an Eyewitness News viewer shows ponding water in Long Beach on Naples Lane as heavy rain moved through Southern California.

Video shared by an Eyewitness News viewer shows ponding water in Long Beach on Naples Lane as heavy rain moved through Southern California.

Neighbors say the street often floods when it rains.

The water was high enough to cover most of the sidewalks and made its way into some underground parking garages.

Another video showed neighbors kayaking through the flooded neighborhood streets.

According to Long Beach Public Works, there was a power outage on Saturday morning that caused a couple of Los Angeles County-maintained pumps to go offline.

Heavy rain also led to flooding on a stretch of the northbound 710 Freeway near Long Beach Boulevard on Saturday afternoon, prompting a SigAlert and traffic delays, according to the California Highway Patrol.

The flooding in two northbound lanes was reported shortly before 2 p.m. near Long Beach Boulevard, the CHP said.

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Nov 16, 2025, 12:13 AM GMT

Large tree crushes car parked in Altadena during storm

A large tree fell on top of a white sedan parked in Altadena on Saturday as heavy rain moved through the region.

Video from the scene at Allen Avenue and Meadowbrook Road shows the tree crushing the car.

The tree was so large, it was blocking the entire road.

There are no reports of any injuries.

California Highway Patrol was at the scene, working to clear the roadway.