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Forecasters measured 4.52 inches of rain at the Santa Barbara Airport on Christmas, beating the previous record of 2.17 inches set in 1955.
The the region's latest atmospheric storm dumped 6 inches of rain in the Los Angeles area with up to 18 inches of rain in the mountains.
The National Weather Service said two more impulses will move through the area with the potential for flooding in the burn scar areas.
Opening day at Santa Anita Park has been pushed back to Sunday as a storm continues to bear down on Southern California.
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Rainfall totals across Southern California so far
Rainfall totals set daily records in several areas including LAX, Hollywood-Burbank Airport, Woodland Hills, Lancaster, and Palmdale.
But there is still risk Friday of high surf along the coast, flash flooding near Los Angeles and avalanches around Lake Tahoe.
A powerful Christmas storm is dumping rain across Southern California, putting at-risk communities on alert and prompting evacuation warnings.