The heaviest rain may be over, but the threat of flooding in California lingers into the afternoon as more light rain showers fall on saturated and already flooded regions. Here's the latest forecast.

The potential for flooding remains high because parts of the ground remain heavily saturated. Weather officials warn that rainfall will quickly turn into runoff.

WRIGHTWOOD, Calif. (AP) — Heavy rains and strong winds from powerful winter storms this week brought the wettest Christmas season to Southern California in years, triggering widespread mudslides and debris flows and leaving homes halfway filled with mud.

Torrential rains unleashed widespread flash flooding and mud flows across Southern California on Wednesday, as authorities warned motorists to stay off roads while urging residents in flood zones to evacuate or shelter in place.

Officials in Los Angeles and surrounding counties warned that the giant holiday storm could trigger "widespread flash flooding."

Rainfall from an atmospheric river this week slammed Southern California, resulting in freeway collisions, flooding, mudslides and a town where residents were trapped by water. The storm started Tuesday night,

A slow-moving storm is expected to dump another inch or more of rain on an already saturated Southern California on Friday. The heaviest rain is forecast during the morning hours as the first of two systems moves slowly over the region,

On Friday at 3:38 a.m. the NWS Los Angeles/Oxnard CA released a flash flood warning in effect until noon for Los Angeles.