Firefighters from Washington state help a woman and her friends sift through the remains of her family home in the Pacific Palisades area of Los Angeles. Photographer: Jill Connelly/Bloomberg

(Bloomberg) — Parched Los Angeles is getting its first rains in months; wet weather that’s helping battle wildfires but also introducing the risk of landslides.

Rainfall amounts have ranged from a few hundredths of an inch to almost 2 inches (5 centimeters) over 12 hours on Sun., Jan. 26, 2025, according to a late evening advisory from the National Weather Service. Showers were expected to be heaviest overnight into Monday, the forecaster added.

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