Question: A strengthening El Nino is expected to bring torrential rain Thursday to parts of Southern California, including Los Angeles, and authorities warned of possibly severe mudslides in areas denuded by forest fires. The storm could dump 8 inches to 10 inches of rain on the Los Angeles area and higher amounts in the foothills, the National Weather Service said. Late Tuesday, Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa -- expecting a dangerous storm Wednesday -- urged hundreds of Californians to leave their homes. A torrential rainfall Tuesday unleashed flooding and spawned a rare tornado warning.  Are you being affected by the storms? Send your images, video. There has been some resistance to the advice, a detective with the Los Angeles Police Department said. The detective, who wouldn't give her entire name, said she didn't know how many people decided to leave.  Flash flooding on California golf course. There was heavy rain Wednesday in San Francisco and Sacramento, California, but Los Angeles had little precipitation as of about noon.  Driving by homes, businesses under water. A warm ocean current from the South Pacific is responsible for this week's storms, said CNN meteorologist Chad Myers. With little vegetation to help contain the water, the vast expanses in southern California that were hit by wildfires late last summer are causing concern for officials. The largest of the fires -- known as the Station Fire -- charred 250 square miles of land last summer north and east of Los Angeles. "If you are lower in elevation than where a fire happened earlier this year, you need to be very, very cautious," Myers said. Forecasters said several feet of snow would fall in the higher elevations of the Sierra Nevada through the rest of this week, as low pressure systems continue moving into the area.
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Important parts: El Nino expected to bring torrential rain Thursday to parts of Southern California. Authorities warned of possibly severe mudslides in areas denuded by forest fires. Warm ocean current from the South Pacific responsible for storm.

By. Mark Prigg. PUBLISHED:. 10:57 EST, 10 October 2012. |. UPDATED:. 03:28 EST, 11 October 2012. A German firm is hoping to radically change the electronic book market with an ebook that costs just £10 to buy. 'The txtr beagle is designed to do best what eReaders are intended for: reading digital books,' the firm says on its website. To save costs, the gadget has no connectors, and books are sent to it from a mobile phone app using bluetooth. Scroll down for video. The txtrbeagle ebook will cost £10 when it goes on sale later this month - although owners will also need a bluetooth phone to send. The new reader will go head to head with Amazon's £69 Kindle. Earlier this year the firm also launched a $129 'paperwhite Kindle in the US (below) which is expected to be available elsewhere in the world later this year. The firm also claims the gadget is the world's smallest e-reader. 'The txtr beagle is the. smallest eReader in the world. It is mostly just 5mm thick, and t weighs. just 128 grams, making it the world's lightest 5" or 6" E Ink eReader. available. 'Unlike. other eReaders, there is no need for chargers or cables. 'The location of. the batteries not only creates an elegant silhouette but also becomes. an ergonomic feature as it rests easily in the palm of a hand.' The gadget does away with many of the capabilities of Amazon's Kindle, which sells for £69 in the UK. It boasts its own wifi capabilities, and extras like web browsing and the ability to buy books directly. Owners of the txtr beagle will need to send books to the device via bluetooth from their mobile phones. The front of the device is dominated by a 5in E-Ink display with an 800x600 resolution, along with buttons to control the page turning and the selected book. According to txtr, the combination of low-power display type and lack of extra networking capabilities mean a long battery life - around 12 to 15 full books per battery change. The budget ebook will be available in four colours. The move will pit the firm against Amazon. Earlier this month Amazon boss Jeff Bezos showed off a 'paperwhite' e-reader with a much sharper screen and longer battery life. Already. available in the US, it is expected to come to the UK later this year,. along with the firm's Kindle Fire tablets that will compete with Apple's. iPad. Apple is also expect to soon announce the iPad mini, a smaller iPad which could also double as an ebook reader. Amazon's. Kindle software is already available for mobile phones, allowing books. bought from Amazon to be read, and Apple also operates its own books. store.

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German firm set to launch the cheap design within weeks. Books are sent via bluetooth from a mobile phone, and device is powered by AAA batteries that can last for a year.