Footage shows flooding, mud flowing down roads and bulldozers clearing debris in Pacific Palisades area of Los Angeles, California (Feb 12/13). (Credit: Alexandra Datig via TMX)

For the second time this year, Southern Californians are evacuating their homes as heavy rain threatens new destruction in places still recovering from last month’s devastating wildfires.

Debris flows brought on by the strongest atmospheric river of the season swept a car off a southern California highway and into the ocean and left roads submerged in sludge. While the heavy rains from the