LOS ANGELES (AP) — California braced Sunday for the worst of a potentially dangerous storm that threatened to hammer parts of the state with hurricane-force winds and cause flooding and mudslides as it moves down the coast over the next few days.
Evacuation warnings and orders were in effect for Santa Barbara, Los Angeles, Ventura and Monterey counties.
Classes were canceled Monday for schools across Santa Barbara County.
Heavy to moderate rain was expected to stay in Southern California until Tuesday.
It is the second time in days that California has been hit by an atmospheric river, a long band of moisture that forms over the Pacific.
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