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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 breached in Washington as atmospheric river renews 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.

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

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Washington Flooding Breaches Levee On Green River

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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.

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Pacific levee breach: Evacuees likely can’t return until the weekend as another storm approaches

Residents forced from their homes by Tuesday’s HESCO barrier failure will likely have to wait until the weekend before they can return, Pacific Mayor Vic Kave said at a press conference Tuesday afternoon.

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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.

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Evacuation orders lifted for those in area of Green River levee breach

A levee has failed on the Green River, and people who are in low-lying areas of Kent, Renton, and Tukwila should move to higher ground immediately.