You can read it here. Some “low-lights” from the area:
– Seattle’s Nathan Hale High School closed due to flooding and won’t open until Wednesday.
– The King County road division reports as least five mudslides that closed roads.
– The city of Bothell has declared an emergency and ordered the evacuation of the North Creek business park and the Northshore School District Administration Building.
– “Warming stations” have been opened at the Bothell Library, Northshore Senior Center and Lake Forest Park Library.
– I-5 north has one lane closed near Centralia. All lanes may be closed northbound near the city and possibly southbound. If so, trucks leaving Portland are advised to take the Columbia River route and then take White Pass and avoid I-5 through Lewis County all together. Local car traffic may be able to use side streets to get around.
– Chehalis River warning upgraded to record severity near Centralia.
– Stevens Pass remains closed. The governor’s office reports 58 slides on Highway 2.
– Hood Canal Bridge stuck open as of 11:15 a.m.
– River data show the Skokomish River nearing all-time record flood stage. The previous record flow rate on the Skykomish near Potlatch was 13,800 cfs set in 1976. The latest reading on that same meter is now 27,000 cfs.
The previous flood-stage record was set in 1997 at 17.64 feet. We have now broken that at 17.83 feet and rising. Prepare for major flooding on a level never seen before along that river. Records have been kept on that river since 1929.
3.35″ of rain and counting.
Oh, good hell….try and keep your feet dry. Fingers crossed.
I bought some rubber boots.
That should help!
The flooded greenbelt has receded to more normal levels. However, we in Seattle were not the hardest hit- south of here, going toward Portland, really got hit hard.