But numbers can start to paint a picture. More than nine million acre-feet: That's the amount of water that dumped on the flooded areas of Western Washington over 10 days. It adds up to more than three times the volume of water in Lake Washington.

Two levees have failed outside of Seattle since Monday due to swollen rivers from seemingly endless heavy rain.

Western Washington is in for a final push of an atmospheric river Thursday evening, but the landslide risk will continue for days if not longer.

Washington is prone to intense spells of fall rainfall, but these storms have been exceptional, and more rain is on the way this weekend.

After last week's record river flooding in Washington state, more atmospheric rivers are taking aim at the West, set to bring heavy rain, mountain snow and damaging winds to Washington, Oregon and California.

Starting tonight, an atmospheric river takes aim at northwest Oregon. Heavy rain and strong winds are back in the forecast.

Cowlitz River below Mayfield Dam also remains under flood warnings on Tuesday, “until further notice,” as the river flow has risen above 25,000 cfs—the flood stage threshold. Flooding is expected from Mayfield Dam downstream through Toledo, covering farmlands and roads, mainly near Toledo, as flows stay near 29,000 cfs through Wednesday.