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1 dead in Washington state flooding as levee breach prompts evacuations

An evacuation order and flash flood warning are currently in effect for Pacific, Washington, on Tuesday due to a levee breach on the White River. This comes after a separate levee breach in Tukwila, a suburb of Seattle located in King County, prompted a flash flood warning and evacuation orders on Monday.

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Second levee fails in Washington, forcing more evacuations, as atmospheric river renews flood threat

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Crews use sandbags to shore up levee breach near Seattle after failure prompts flood warning

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Levee Breach Triggers Flash Flood Warning and Evacuations South of Seattle

Residents near a breached levee in Washington state were told to evacuate early Tuesday, just hours after an evacuation alert was lifted for residents near another broken levee in the same county.

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Levee breached in Washington as atmospheric river renews flood threat

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Flood risk remains for parts of Washington as flood recovery continues

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‘For God’s sakes, follow it’: Washington governor urges compliance with flood evacuation orders

A barrage of storms from weather systems stretching across the Pacific has dumped close to 2 feet of rain in parts of the Cascade Mountains, swelling rivers far beyond their banks and prompting more t...

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WA flooding isn’t over, governor warns. ’We are in for the long haul.’

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Emergency order issued for Washington policyholders amid severe flooding

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Watch: Levee failure prompts overnight evacuations, impacts hundreds of homes in Washington

A levee failure along the White River resulted in an ensuing flood that left entire neighborhoods swamped, affecting over 220 homes in the City of Pacific, Washington alone, officials said.

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Levee failure on White River prompts 'Go Now' evacuations in Pacific

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. Many people were woken up by first responders, who were dispatched to alert residents that they needed to leave.

White River levee failure floods City of Pacific, Washington

A levee breach occurred around 1:35 am PST on Dec. 16, and went on to displace over 600 people after more than 200 homes were affected by the widespread flooding, City of Pacific Mayor Vic Kave said.

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'Living' levee in Palo Alto Baylands aims to solve multiple problems with one-of-a-kind solution

A new horizontal living levee will protect from sea-level rise in an environmentally friendly way, while also maintaining habitats naturally using wastewater. Here's how:

Volunteers plant Bay Area’s first ‘living levee’ using treated wastewater

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 curb flooding amid climate change and sea-level rise that threaten shoreline communities.