After a brief break of relentless rain and snow, Northern California is bracing itself for yet another storm event starting Thursday evening. Meanwhile, storms will also hit the southern part of the state,

Weeks after wildfires that killed at least 29 people and destroyed entire neighborhoods, Southern California is facing another extreme-weather threat: Too much rain.

When a wildfire burns trees and anything like trees or vegetation, it burns so hot that anything in that vegetation being burned is vaporized, or turned into a gas.