Levee breach triggers flash flood warning and evacuations south of Seattle

TUKWILA, Wash. (AP) — Residents adjacent a breached levee successful Washington authorities were told to evacuate aboriginal Tuesday, conscionable hours aft an evacuation alert was lifted for residents adjacent different breached levee successful the aforesaid county.

Police successful the metropolis of Pacific, astir 20 miles (32 kilometers) southbound of Seattle, urged radical successful the evacuation country adjacent the White River to “Go Now!” The National Weather Service bureau successful Seattle issued a flash flood informing for the levee breach connected the stream successful King County.

The levee breaches followed days of dense rainfall and flooding that inundated communities, forced the evacuations of tens of thousands of radical and prompted scores of rescues passim occidental Washington state.

On Monday, crews utilized sandbags to enactment up the Desimone levee beside the Green River aft a tiny conception of it failed pursuing a week of dense rains, prompting an evacuation bid covering parts of 3 suburbs, officials said.

The evacuation bid from King County was sent to astir 1,100 homes and businesses eastbound of the Green River successful parts of Kent, Renton and Tukwila, said Brendan McCluskey, the county’s exigency absorption director. On Monday evening, King County officials announced that the evacuation alert was lifted eastbound of the Green River and it was harmless to instrumentality to the area. No 1 was injured, McCluskey said.

Authorities successful Renton and Tukwila said Monday day that the flooding was confined to small, concern areas and that nary residents were being evacuated.

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Rush reported from Portland, Oregon. Associated Press writer Christopher L. Keller contributed from Albuquerque, New Mexico.

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