Los Angeles Braces for Drenching Storms, Potential Flooding

California is set to be drenched in coming days as heavy rain and snowstorms uncoil off the Pacific Ocean, potentially bringing Los Angeles a month’s worth of rain and prompting evacuation warnings in areas burned by last January’s fires.

The first round of rain will arrive starting Thursday and continue through Saturday, said Bob Oravec, a senior branch forecaster with the US Weather Prediction Center. After a brief lull another wave will arrive Sunday into Monday and finally a third coming next week.

The storms raise the risk of flooding and landslides, he said.

In downtown Los Angeles, 2 ...