Pacific Northwest, flooding and rain
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Another atmospheric river will bring more rain to the Pacific Northwest later this week, heightening an extensive flood threat.
A levee has breached on the rising Green River, just east of Seattle-Tacoma International Airport in western Washington, as another atmospheric river dumps rain over the Pacific Northwest.
Officials say dangerous flooding could force 100,000 people to evacuate.
"The early storm will not be as strong as the event we saw early last week, though it will impact the same areas," a meteorologist told Newsweek.
Washington state residents are bracing for possible mudslides and levee failures from floodwaters that are expected to be slow to recede.
FOX Weather Meteorologist Steve Bender covers the major river flooding plaguing Washington state ahead of another round of rain scheduled to soak the Pacific Northwest next week.
An arctic air blast swept south from Canada, spreading into the northern United States. Meanwhile residents of the Pacific Northwest braced for possible mudslides and levee failures as floodwaters slowly recede.