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The City of Tukwila is encouraging people to be ready to leave on short notice due to possible flash flooding.
Early Tuesday morning, multiple homes were evacuated in Pacific after a breach of the levee, just hours after another incident on the Green River near Tukwila.
A flash flood warning was issued in west central King County after a levee failure was reported along the Green River.
KIRO 7 is keeping a close eye on the communities impacted by record flooding as Washington is under a state of emergency.
The National Weather Service in Seattle has issued a flash flood warning for west central King County, following the failure of the Green River Levee.
A levee about 10 miles south of Seattle failed on Monday, December 15, prompting evacuation alerts for residents in Tukwila, Renton, and Kent, Washington.Footage from the King County Sheriff’s Office’s Guardian One helicopter shows workers repairing the breach along the Green River in Tukwila on Monday.
About two hours after a levee on the lower Green River broke, bringing the possibility of a life-threatening flash flood to parts of Tukwila, King County Executive Girmay Zahilay held a press conference outside the King County Emergency Operations Center in Renton.
A flash flood warning was issued in west-central King County after a levee failure was reported along the Green River, and people are being asked to evacuate now and find higher ground. The National Weather Service (NWS) in Seattle pushed a flash flood warning because of the failure at the Desimone Levee along Todd Boulevard,
A Flash Flood Warning that was triggered for portions of south King County have been canceled after a levee along the Green River failed in Tukwila on Monday, prompting evacuations across multiple cities.