The rain has returned to Southern California. Meteorologists say this storm could bring up to an inch this time around.
The last couple of storms brought some drama to the region so to see how Los Angeles is faring in today's downpour, we checked in with Jeff Reeb. He's Director of the L.A. County Office of Emergency Management.
So far it looks like a moderate amount of rain is coming down. We love long, prolonged, gentle rain. That's what we love. It charges our aquifers or fills up our watersheds. And that is what we have going on right now.
When the storm cells that come through that can exceed a half an inch of rain per hour up to an inch or more like we saw hit our coastal regions in the last storm, that very very heavy rain is what causes our urban flooding. It saturates our hillsides and can cause debris flows out of the burn scars. When we have this long-term, general to moderate rain, those problems don't occur and then it's really a positive event because it's helping with the California drought.
Quotes edited for clarity.