Southern California is about to get drenched by new storms this week, with a powerful atmospheric river expected to arrive early Wednesday.

Evacuation warnings and orders have been issued for Los Angeles communities near the Eaton, Palisades and Sunset fire burn zones ahead of the rain.

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,

A major storm continued to wallop much of Southern California on Thursday morning, bringing evacuation warnings, fears of mudslides and heavy mountain snow.