When it comes to driving during heavy rain, here are some tips. One of the biggest pieces of advice is, "Turn around, don't drown." According to the first step is not to drive if people don't have to. However, if you have to get out in the rain, it recommends slowing down and never using cruise control in wet conditions.

Residents of a Southern California mountain community near the Eaton Fire burn scar were digging out of roads submerged in sludge Friday after the strongest storm of the year swept through the area, unleashing debris flows.

A swift debris flow swept a Los Angeles Fire Department vehicle off the Pacific Coast Highway and into the ocean as heavy rain fell across Southern California on Thursday, creating deluges of water and mud on roads at the bottom of hillsides left barren by recent wildfires.