A powerful March storm has been lashing the West Coast with heavy rainfall, gusty winds and snowfall in the mountains –– shifting southward and posing a particular threat to communities scorched by the deadly Los Angeles wildfires from the start of the year.

With rain rates close to an inch and hour possible, Los Angeles issues address specific-evacuation orders in places vulnerable to mudslides.

The bulk of yet another winter storm is forecast to hit Southern California starting Wednesday evening, prompting evacuation warnings in some recent burn scar zones.

A storm is dropping significant rain across Southern California, triggering the risk of mudslides, flooding and debris flows in recent burn scar areas.

Evacuation warnings were in place for several Los Angeles burn scar areas that were ravaged by wildfires two months ago.

Late-winter storms bringing heavy rain, evacuation order and warnings, flood warnings and road closures is in the forecast Wednesday for Los Angeles and Orange counties and is expected to douse the region for the next three days.