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Rather than the wall-to-wall sunshine of late, there will be cloud, fresh south-westerly winds and some more appreciable, much-needed rainfall for the parched ground at the start of the new week.

Monday’s drizzle comes on the heels of a wet week that delivered a significant dose of moisture to parched Southern California and heavy snow across the state’s mountain ranges.

Next week is expected to deliver even more rain to Southern California’s parched landscape.

A bone-dry summer left the landscape parched and primed to ignite as Santa Ana winds roared through the region at 80 mph.

It saw several fire services tackle wildfires on parched parts of land including in South Yorkshire, Norfolk, Surrey, Kent and London.