A mudslide closed portions of Topanga Canyon Boulevard and other roads Monday morning after rain fell all day in the Palisades Fire burn area.
Front-end loaders were clearing mud from roads early Monday morning, hours after a flood warning for the Palisades fire burn scar expired on Sunday. Landslides were also reported on Palisades Drive and Carbon Canyon Road.
Malibu Canyon Road was scheduled to be closed between Piuma Road and Francisco Ranch Road until 5 p.m. Monday due to rock and mudslide hazards. Video showed mud on Palisades Drive and Pacific Coast Highway closed west of Topanga Canyon Boulevard.
The storm was expected to move out of the area on Monday.
The Palisades Fire has burned 23,448 acres since it started in a Santa Ana storm on January 7th. Containment rate as of early Monday morning was 94 percent. As of Sunday, 6,837 structures had been destroyed and a further 1,017 damaged. Eleven deaths were reported.
Many of the evacuated residents were allowed to return to their homes. A curfew is in effect from 6 p.m. to 6 a.m. in the mandatory evacuation zones of the Palisades and Eaton fire zones. Only firefighters, public works workers, and law enforcement personnel are permitted in these areas.
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