
A Northern California Walmart has ordered more than 100 wildfire evacuees who are camped out in its parking lot to leave amid fears heavy rain will cause rivers of mud and debris.

The survivors of the deadliest wildfire in the state's history were initially asked to leave the parking lot of the Walmart in Chico, California, by 1pm on Sunday.

But the evacuees of the tent city dubbed, Wallywood, have refused to move. It's unclear if a new deadline has been set for the evacuees, but donation bins and portable bathrooms that were set up for the residents will soon start to disappear.

'I just want to be safe and happy and in a home,' said DeAnn Miller, 57, one of the residents of Wallywood.

Evacuee, Carol Whiteburn, said that she doesn't know 'what we are going to do'.

'What do you tell people who are sleeping in a parking lot and still have to wait 5-7 days to even get an answer from FEMA?' Whiteburn said.

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A Northern California Walmart has ordered more than 100 wildfire evacuees (pictured) who are camped out in its parking lot to leave amid fears heavy rain will cause rivers of mud and debris

The survivors of the deadliest wildfire in the state's history were initially asked to leave the the parking lot of a Walmart in Chico, California, by 1pm on Sunday. But the more than 100 evacuees of the tent city have refused to move

Walmart spokeswoman Delia Garcia said Walmart is 'concerned about the health, safety and well-being of the individuals remaining on our property'

The company said they have also been working with other organizations to help create temporary housing options. Walmart has also donated more than $500,000 to relief organizations

An estimated 50,000 people have been evacuated from Paradise - with 1,000 of those currently living in six shelters

Walmart spokeswoman Delia Garcia told The Sacramento Bee that Walmart is 'concerned about the health, safety and well-being of the individuals remaining on our property'.

The company said they have also been working with other organizations to help create temporary housing options. Walmart has also donated more than $500,000 to relief organizations.

And to add insult to injury, heavy rains are expected to begin on Wednesday.

Garcia said the forecast has heightened their existing concerns and 'increased the urgency to find a more sustainable solution'.

'We are asking the remaining individuals to evacuate the property and transition to more appropriate shelter,' she added.

As much as nearly eight inches of rain is forecast to fall by Friday in areas around the town of Paradise, a community of nearly 27,000 people 175 miles northeast of San Francisco that was largely incinerated by the Camp Fire.

The blaze killed at least 84 people and left hundreds missing.

The storm will help firefighters still battling the fire but create more suffering for many residents left homeless by the disaster.

Some of the homeless, whose numbers have not been determined, are camping out in parking lots rather than staying in emergency shelters.

Officials in Butte County are struggling to come up with housing solutions for the hundreds of Paradise residents made homeless by the devastating wildfires.

Some of the homeless, whose numbers have not been determined, are camping out in parking lots rather than staying in emergency shelters

Officials in Butte County are struggling to come up with housing solutions for the hundreds of Paradise residents made homeless by the devastating wildfires

Jackie Wineland, 74, is one of the thousands of Camp Fire victims now homeless. She is seen using her oxygen tank at Walmart

The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has opened a disaster recovery center, but no arrangements for temporary housing have been made

An estimated 50,000 people have been evacuated from Paradise - with 1,000 of those currently living in six shelters.

In three facilities, Novovirus has broken out, requiring officials to erect special isolation tents in hopes of containing the virus.

Even before the wildfires, Butte County was facing a severe housing shortage. Now it must rely on state and federal authorities to help with solutions in relocating those displaced by the fire.

The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has opened a disaster recovery center, but no arrangements for temporary housing have been made.

It is expected to take days to process requests for emergency housing.

Kelly Boyer, who lost his home in Paradise, has been sharing a tent with a friend at an encampment outside the Walmart, where overnight low temperatures have fallen to just above freezing.

Boyer has received wooden pallets and plastic tarps donated by local residents to keep his tent off the ground and dry, but he said the rain would still make a mess.

'It's going to be mud city,' he said on Wednesday.

And to add insult to injury, heavy rains (pictured on this map) are expected to begin on Wednesday. As much as nearly eight inches of rain is forecast to fall by Friday in areas around the town of Paradise, a community of nearly 27,000 people 175 miles northeast of San Francisco that was largely incinerated by the Camp Fire

Forecasters said the rains, which in some areas are likely to be accompanied by winds of up to 45mph, might also cause rivers of mud and debris to slide down flame-scorched slopes stripped of vegetation

A weather front bringing rain moves in behind Coit Tower on Telegraph Hill in San Francisco on Wednesday

Forecasters said the rains, which in some areas are likely to be accompanied by winds of up to 45 miles per hour, might also cause rivers of mud and debris to slide down flame-scorched slopes stripped of vegetation.

The Camp Fire has burned across 153,000 acres of the Sierra foothills since it erupted on November 8.

Mass evacuations have removed most people from harm's way of any debris flow, according to National Weather Service (NWS) hydrologist Cindy Matthews.

She also said the volcanic soil and relatively shallow slopes in the fire zone mean the ground is unlikely to become saturated enough for hillsides to give way to landslides.

Authorities in Southern California, however, warned residents in areas burned by wildfires in the foothills and mountains northwest of Los Angeles of mud-flow hazards from rain this week.

One of those blazes, the Woolsey Fire, killed three people.

Evacuees also face increasingly chilly weather.

Authorities in Butte County have been gradually allowing residents evacuated during the fire back to see what is left of their homes.

Lisa Knight has been allowed to return to her home in Butte Creek Canyon, east of Chico, but found only ash and rubble in its place.

'I had acceptance when I left that day and I knew that I might not ever see my house again,' Knight told KRCR TV. 'I mourn for everybody. It's not just one personal loss, it's the loss of my neighbors and my community.'

The remains of more victims were found in Paradise on Tuesday, raising the death toll to 84. The Butte County Sheriff's Office has tentatively identified 56 of the victims

The Camp Fire has burned across 153,000 acres of the Sierra foothills since it erupted on November 8. Pictured is a neighborhood in Paradise that was completely leveled by the wildfire

The remains of more victims were found in Paradise on Tuesday, raising the death toll to 84. The Butte County Sheriff's Office has tentatively identified 56 of the victims.

A missing-persons list compiled by the sheriff's office grew again to 899 names Tuesday night after detectives got through a backlog of voicemail messages, the office said.

The number has fluctuated widely over the past week, from some 1,200 people over the weekend to fewer than 700 on Monday, as more individuals were reported missing and some initially unaccounted for either turning up alive or being confirmed dead.

The number of residents needing temporary shelter was unclear, but as many as 52,000 people were under evacuation orders at the height of the firestorm last week.

The Camp Fire incinerated some 12,600 homes in and around Paradise, mostly during the first night of the blaze.

Gale-force winds drove flames through the town with little warning, forcing residents to flee for their lives.

Buffer lines have been carved around 80 per cent of the fire's perimeter and full containment is expected by the end of the month.

Smoke from the fires has drifted across the country to the East Coast, where it left a brownish-orange haze that was credited for unusually vibrant sunsets on Monday.

The cause of the Camp and Woolsey fires is under investigation, but electric utilities reported equipment problems around the time both blazes broke out.