LOS ANGELES >> An atmospheric river hit Los Angeles in the early hours of this morning, bringing with it scattered downpours, powerful winds, fears of flooding — and even some tornado warnings to the Central Coast.

Evacuation warnings have been issued in areas ravaged by January’s firestorm — including the burn scars from the Palisades fire, the Eaton fire in Altadena, the Hurst fire in Sylmar and the Sunset fire in the Hollywood Hills — which are at a high risk of debris flows.

As of 8 a.m., the storm was on its way to the Palisades fire burn scar, with rainfall rates expected to be intense enough — 1 to 1.5 inches per hour — that the National Weather Service issued a flash flood warning for the area, said John Dumas, meteorologist with the Weather Service. Burned soil repels water inst

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