Thursday's live blog: SoCal gets soaked, 10+ inches of rain

Southern California is receiving a pre-holiday soaking storm where up to 8 inches of rainfall have already fallen. More than 10 inches are possible through Friday morning on top of the already flooding rains.

Get the latest update from Meteorologist Mary Mays.

Be sure to keep a close eye on the WeatherRadar this afternoon and evening. Also have your app alerts switched on for the latest details.

The heavy rain continues this afternoon and residents of SoCal should be prepared for a longer commute, especially in Santa Barbara, Los Angeles, and Oxnard areas.

You can expect more flash flooding issues along with mudslides or landslides.

It's no surprise that mud and landslides are happening during this deluge.Too much water all at once is hard for any soil to handle, let alone soil that has recently experienced burning or drought.

Give yourselves some extra time to navigate this situation if you have to be out and about.

The most recent rain is just adding to the wet mess across SoCal. Areas that only receive around two inches of rainfall the whole month of December on average have already surpassed that within the last 24 hours!

Rain totals are coming in from overnight. Widespread rainfall spreads throughout SoCal but north of Thousand Oaks, up to almost 8 inches of rainfall have been reported!

Some areas could see more than 10 inches of rainfall by Friday morning in southern California, especially in the mountains. This is bringing the threat of mudslides, landslides, and flash flooding.

Oxnard California received 3 inches of rain in an hour this morning, resulting in dangerous flooding. Be sure to turn around and don't drown when approaching a flooded roadway.