Exceptionally dry weather has targeted Southern California so far this winter, creating ideal conditions for wildfires.

Southern California has experienced its first significant storm of the season, which brought much-needed snow and rain to the region, including some impactful consequences. On Monday, these weather conditions helped to douse ongoing wildfires yet caused ash and mud flows on streets in the Los Angeles area.

So far, many clues to the origins of the deadly Eaton fire, which started in the area just after 6 p.m. that evening and went on to kill 17 people, have pointed to the brushy hillside where a tangle of electrical lines stretch up Eaton Canyon.

Twenty-eight people have died across the Los Angeles area. Officials have said the true death toll isn’t known as the fires continue to burn.

Some Dallas firefighters are returning home after two weeks on the California firelines. The team worked in some of the most rugged conditions in the hills and gullies of Pacific Palisades where 37 square miles were charred over.