LOS ANGELES, California — After weeks of windy and dry weather, rain has fallen in parched Southern California and is expected to aid firefighters who are mopping up multiple wildfires.

But potentially heavy downpours on charred hillsides could bring new troubles such as toxic ash runoff.

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