Southern California Braces for Rain Storm

Drivers make their way along a rain soaked road as Souther California is effected by the first winter rainstorm of the season in Encinitas, California, U.S., January 9, 2018. REUTERS/Mike Blake

LOS ANGELES (CNS)—A wet and potentially damaging storm is expected to hit the Southland Jan. 28, bringing what forecasters are calling an “atmospheric river” of moisture that will persist into Jan. 29.

Rain was already falling Jan. 2 over San Luis Obispo County, where the system remained largely stalled.