FORWARD MILLS, CA - Homeowners (click here) living in areas burned by Northern California wildfires last summer are being warned of the risk of mud and rock slides during the impending storms.

Emergency services officials in several counties are cautioning residents that storms expected to drop 7 to 11 inches of rain in some areas could cause destructive mudslides and force evacuations.

The National Weather Service cautioned that ground in burned areas could saturate quickly, causing flooding, mudslides and trees to fall.

In the Forward Mills community where the Ponderosa Fire burned northeast of Red Bluff, the fire burned so hot that trees burned down into the ground, leaving almost nothing to hold denuded soil in place....

The picture to the right was the area before the fire.