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1950 acres burn away here in the san gabriel mountains in the angeles national forest, and this area sustained the mud and debris flows. they're concerned again. burned away was the vegetation the holds the soil andground in place which prevents significant runoff, and also waxy compounds were released by the plants as they burned, and when the ground cooled, that created a natural barrier in the soil that prevents water from seeping deep into the ground. absorption of rainwater is hindered and that speeds up the runoff of mud and rock. that is what happened in ventura county. we shot that vid...

Amount of time to help with the drought there it's a little too early to pinpoint the facts, can you give me an idea, a guesstimate of the damage caused so far? >> well, the majority of the damage was from the landslides and from the road closure, essentially, those mudslides. we may have also seen some damage from some of these burn areas where there may have been mud and debris flows. we got to get into those areas today and tomorrow to see what is the extent of damage. >> thanks, so much and good luck to the residents out there. thousands of protesters are on the streets of the nation's c...

>> reporter: flash flooding sending a river of mud and debris through southern california, swallowing cars, campers and vans. >> it's unbelievable. >> reporter: thunderstorms brought flash floods, rain coming down fast and furious. as much as 4 inches fell in just one hour. 48-year-old ju wan li was killed after the rushing waters swept his car away. the flooding cut off access to two mountain towns in san bernardino, east of los angeles. >> this is the worst we have had since at least 1969. >> reporter: thousands still stranded monday. authorities urging residents to stay put while crews clea...

Staying north of dominican republic. so widespread power outages a big concern. there is a spine of mountains that lift up and raise up to about 4,000 feet. that's pretty high. so the possibility of debris flows, remember the before and after photos we hf just the vegetation strip on the islands of the lesser antilles. that could happen here. now this is new. we just got an update with the model. much more red, don, in the last hour. we had more orange. and that's exactly what we do not want to see is widespread power outages. again, remember, a million lost power on the sixth. the computer mo...

So crazy big but we haven't had many storms. so it's good that we're having them. when we get storms like this in the mountainous terrain in california, we're going to get debris flows, we're going to get mudslides, we're going to get flooding on the rivers, they're going to deal with high winds. especially at the higher elevations. and that's why we're going to deal with the power outages. that's a good reason why a lot of the kids don't have school today. they don't want people out there when the repair crews have to make repairs. the rainfall amounts could be very impressive. from ft. bragg...