atmospheric rivers, flood and West Coast
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Record river flooding is ongoing in parts of Washington State, but following a drier weekend, a new worry for wetter weather will arise early in the week ahead.
The "Godzilla atmospheric river" system may bring major flooding, landslide dangers, and a month's worth of rain compressed into just days.
Rebecca Davenport is based in Salem, but has been supervising shelters in Northwest Washington in the aftermath of the floods.
Waterways crested at record levels in several flooded small towns across Western Washington overnight, swamping roads and bridges and forcing people near the Canadian border to scramble into attics and onto rooftops to await helicopter rescue.
Authorities are going door-to-door in South Prairie, Washington, in Pierce County, urging residents to leave their homes immediately as water rises there. The Pierce County Sheriff’s Office previously said that at least 25 people have been rescued in the county since Wednesday, including in South Prairie.
More than 10 inches of rain has fallen in parts of Washington this week as a strong atmospheric river hits the state.
About 100,000 people have been asked to evacuate their homes in Washington as a series of atmospheric river storms drenched the state this week.
Washington declares emergency as an atmospheric river brings severe flooding, mudslides, road closures and mass evacuations across the state.
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