Southern California was being pounded by a major storm Thursday morning, bringing evacuation warnings and feats of mudslides.

Several areas in Southern California could have scattered showers throughout the day, but the potential for "damaging flooding" will not increase until the evening to overnight hours.

Los Angeles police distributed address-specific evacuation orders Tuesday to residents in burn areas of the Palisades, Sunset and Hurst fires, which are expected to be “susceptible to heavy rain.” Heavy rain is expected to start Wednesday evening and last through early Thursday morning,

What to Know Rainfall rates will be light to moderate before heavier rain overnight with the possibility of rainfall rates that could cause slides and debris flows. Evacuation warnings are in effect for several Southern California burn scar areas,