The Los Angeles Fire Department issued evacuation warnings on Tuesday for residents living in the areas of the city savaged by recent wildfires ahead of heavy rain and mudslides expected later this week.

Los Angeles city and county officials are warning residents near several wildfire burn scars that evacuations could be ordered with heavy rain moving into the region. According to the National Weather Service,

Evacuation warnings will go into effect Wednesday for some homes near January wildfire burn areas in Los Angeles with a late winter storm expected to bring periods of rain through Friday. The warnings,

Late-winter storms bringing heavy rain, evacuation order and warnings, flood warnings and road closures is in the forecast Wednesday for Los Angeles and Orange counties and is expected to douse the region for the next three days.