Forecasters measured 4.52 inches of rain at the Santa Barbara Airport on Christmas, beating the previous record of 2.17 inches set in 1955.

A final round of heavy rain is drenching California Friday and threatening to bring more flooding and debris flows after a days-long deadly siege of storms.

A powerful Christmas week storm is dumping rain across Southern California, putting at-risk communities on alert and prompting evacuation warnings.

Rainfall from an atmospheric river this week slammed Southern California, resulting in freeway collisions, flooding, mudslides and a town where residents were trapped by water. The storm started Tuesday night,

The the region's latest atmospheric storm dumped 6 inches of rain in the Los Angeles area with up to 18 inches of rain in the mountains.

As a record-breaking Christmas storm wraps up across Southern California, sunny skies are in store for the weekend before rain returns on New Year’s Day. The storm prompted the wettest Christmas Eve-Christmas Day recorded for downtown Los Angeles in 54 years, the National Weather Service said, with the area catching 2.79 inches.

The last bout of rain from an atmospheric river storm that hit San Diego County during Christmas week is expected to bring light to moderate showers for Friday evening, with a possibility of a few lingering showers overnight.

Christmas Day will bring cold and soggy conditions across Southern California as the second wave of a winter storm rolls through the region.

FOX Weather Correspondent Brandy Campbell is live from Los Angeles, California as heavy rains and floods threaten areas across Southern California.

Scientists attribute these extreme weather swings to climate change, warning of intensifying "hydroclimate whiplash" patterns globally.