Saturday 01 March 2014 08.53 The worst storms to hit California in three years are threatening to dampen tomorrow night's Academy Awards.
Southern California has been lashed by heavy rain in the past 24 hours causing flash floods, mud slides and property evacuations.
So far residents have been evacuated from more than 1,200 homes as floods and mudslides rolled down streets.
The worst affected locations are those adjacent to the areas that experienced forest fires last month.
There is now concern that this 'burn zone' may collapse entirely, causing more widespread mud slides.
The heavy rain storm soaked parts of the red carpet laid down for Sunday's Academy Awards.
Dozens of workers spent the morning securing the red carpet from the pelting rain and overflowing street gutters.
"It has been a challenge, a lot of water in a short amount of time," said Joe Lewis, the associate producer of arrivals for Hollywood's biggest night.
"There is no perfect science to a rain plan. It is going to rain, there is going to be water, we have got to protect as best we can."
The rain began in Los Angeles on Thursday evening and according to the National Weather Service is not expected to let up until Sunday morning, hours before Hollywood's movie stars begin their walk across the red carpet at 11pm Irish time.
"I think the carpet is probably wet underneath us, which is going to be a problem in a couple days," said Doug Neal, the stage manager of the Oscars red carpet show. "But we are well protected.
They have put this up a few days ago so I think we will be alright."
While the rain is a welcome sight for many in California, which is mired in its third year of a debilitating drought, high winds and debris caused road closures, power outages and evacuations.
Organisers as a precaution had already wrapped the large gilded Oscar statues that flank the red carpet like columns to shield them from possible water damage.
"Well we have put in all the gutters, we have protected all the carpet, we've got all the scenery protected, we have got all the stages built," Mr Lewis said.
"We know how tough it is, but when they get out of the car on Sunday afternoon, this is their first impression of the Academy Awards and, by God, we want it to be a good one," he added.
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