Southern California was primed for more mudslides and flooding on Friday, especially in areas scorched by last month's devastating wildfires, even as heavy rains that have saturated the Los Angeles area this week tapered off.

As Southern California recovers from last month’s devastating wildfires, heavy rains Thursday resulted in pockets of flooding, blocked roadways and mud piling up around recent burn scars.

Debris flows brought on by the strongest atmospheric river of the season swept a car off a southern California highway and into the ocean and left roads submerged in sludge

As Flash Flood Warnings were issed for the Palisades Fire scar, an NBC News crew documented an LAFD member and his truck being pushed off the road by flood waters.

A Los Angeles Fire Department member was able to escape a close call Thursday after his vehicle was swept into the ocean by fast-moving mud along Pacific Coast Highway.

As predicted, mudslides caused by heavy downpours in Los Angeles are causing havoc in the same areas that were devastated by fires last month. And as rain pummeled Malibu yesterday, mud and debris swept a member of the LA Fire Department - along with his SUV - into the ocean.