The evacuation order was sent to about 1,100 homes and businesses east of the Green River in parts of Kent, Renton and Tukwila.

The National Weather Service issued the flash flood warning on Monday due to a levee breach in Tukwila, a suburb of Seattle located in King County. An evacuation notice is in effect for parts of King County.

Local agencies, national rescue organizations and community groups have rapidly responded to flooding in Washington, providing shelter and resources to victims.

At 1:39 a.m. on Tuesday, the NWS Seattle WA released an updated flash flood warning in effect until 7:45 a.m. for King County.

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.

After this latest rain, forecasters at the Weather Service’s Seattle office said that a combination of dry periods and snow piling up in the mountains would finally allow rivers to recede, signaling what they called a “long-awaited return to some semblance of normalcy for December.”

At 1:36 a.m. EST on Tuesday, the National Weather Service released a lakeshore flood advisory valid for Wednesday between 3 a.m. EST and 10 a.m. EST for Alger and Luce counties.