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Residents forced from their homes by Tuesday’s HESCO barrier failure will likely have to wait until the weekend before they can return, Pacific Mayor Vic Kave said at a press conference Tuesday ...

Days of heavy rain triggered widespread flooding in western Washington, claiming the life of one person near Seattle on Tuesday. The Snohomish County Sheriff’s Office announced the death of the man ...

Pacific residents are being asked to evacuate early Tuesday due to a levee failure on the White River. “We have issued a flash flood warning for a levee breach on the White River in the City of ...

A second levee failed just outside of Seattle in western Washington as rivers once again surged from more atmospheric river-fueled rain.Precautionary evacuations were ordered for around 1,300 people ...

PACIFIC, Wash. — A levee on the White River failed early Tuesday, prompting Level 3 "Go Now" evacuation notices near Pacific. Those living near 3rd Avenue Southeast and Butte Road need to evacuate.

Volunteers were out bright and early Wednesday morning along the Harbor Marsh coastline in the Palo Alto Baylands, joining an effort to build a nature-based buffer designed to absorb storm surges and ...

A levee broke at noon in Tukwila prompting the National Weather Service to issue flash flood warning That warning is in effect for Tukwila, Kent and Renton near the Green River. The NWS says 6,000 ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Crews inspect a crack in a levee along the Green ...

TUKWILA, Wash. (AP) — Crews used sandbags to shore up an earthen levee south of Seattle on Monday after a small section of it failed following a week of heavy rains, prompting an evacuation order ...

TUKWILA — The swollen and debris-filled Green River tore a hole Monday in a heavily saturated and previously damaged section of King County’s levee system near Tukwila, forcing broad evacuations and ...