Rain on its way to the Los Angeles area will be a welcome relief to firefighters still battling multiple catastrophic wildfires, but officials warned Sunday that flash floods and potential debris flows could be the trade-off.

California firefighters could make more headway in containing three major wildfires burning in and around Los Angeles on Friday, as the latest round of blistering winds calm and the area's first rainfall in months arrives over the weekend.

And 2020’s fires were far less severe than the horrific ones we’ve recently witnessed in the Los Angeles area. We get wildfires nearly every year, which are constantly incinerating our climate goals.