Several waterways have flooded in California, at least 19 people have died and thousands have been told to evacuate their homes.
In Montecito, a town 84 miles (135km) north-west of Los Angeles, locals say the rain aggravates their trauma. A mudslide here killed 23 people in 2018 and many are afraid it could happen again.
The evacuation order in Montecito has been lifted, but residents remain on edge. And with so much of the land already saturated, the risk of flooding and landslides is very real.
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