Editor's note: Additional photos added 8 p.m. ET.

A series of El Niño-driven storms drenched California on Tuesday, the first wave of what could be weeks of precipitation that brings the threat of major flooding and other damage to the parched state.

The National Weather Service has issued flash flood watches for much of the coast from San Diego to San Francisco. Of particular concern is mud flows that could hit areas recently ravaged by wildfires.

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