The National Weather Service in Los Angeles issued a flash flood warning for the Franklin burn scar and the western portion of the Palisades burn scar, west of Los Flores Canyon until 11 p.m. Sunday night.

Officials closed part of Pacific Coast Highway in the Palisades fire area on Sunday, Caltrans said, as rain poured down across the Los Angeles area and burn scars in Southern California were under a flood watch that will last until 4 p.m. Monday, according to the National Weather Service.

Thousands of Aussies are in the firing line of damaging winds, heavy rain, large hailstones and potential flash flooding as severe thunderstorms roll over parts of the country.

A number of considerable mudflows forced the closure of multiple roads in the Palisades Fire burn scar on Sunday.