Californians Left Homeless by Wildfire Brace for Heavy Rain

Californians Left Homeless by Wildfire Brace for Heavy Rain
Leanne Brickett and her son, Aiden, 5, wear masks to protect themselves from smoke from the Camp Fire in Chico, California, U.S., November 18, 2018. Terray Sylvester/Reuters
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Heavy rains were due to bring fresh misery to Northern California late on Nov. 20, raising the risk of mudslides in an area where people left homeless by the state’s deadliest wildfire huddle in parking lot encampments.

State officials warned people to be alert to the risk of sudden flows of debris down the scorched, denuded slopes of the foothills of the Sierra Nevada mountains.