While some of the fires are still burning, the "usual aftermath" is noted in Southern California:

Mudslide, flooding hit Calif. after fires

50 homes hit with mud 3 feet deep in town that saw fire last year

The Associated Press
updated 8:38 p.m. CT, Mon., July. 14, 2008

LOS ANGELES - More heavy rain was forecast Monday in Southern California, where crews were still clearing debris from weekend flooding and a mudslide that damaged more than 50 homes and blocked a highway.

The National Weather Service posted flash flood watches for the mountains of Los Angeles, Santa Barbara and Ventura counties, saying scattered showers and thunderstorms capable of producing heavy downpours were likely Monday.

Weekend thunderstorms over the southern Sierra Nevada range set off a mudslide that measured 300 yards wide and up to 3 feet deep, officials said.

The mudslide damaged more than 50 homes in an area scarred by wildfires last year near Independence, a remote, small town on the east side of the Sierra Nevada. It also blocked a state highway that is a major north-south route along the eastern side of the Sierra.

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The mudslides reported are in areas that burned last year, which seems to be a fairly usual timing/happening. Freshly burned areas are, however, much more susceptible than before if sufficient rain comes along, and runoff more rapid than accustomed can drastically change the flood/mud-prone locations from what people are used to.

John