And if it's not the snow,
it is the flooding danger we're
worried about within the past hour,
evacuation orders were made for
people living in the Skokomish
Valley in parts of Mason County.
The county warns some people
may be trapped in their homes
for the next three days.
King 5 Drew Mikkelsen
continues our team coverage. Joining
us live now from Mason County drew.
Yeah, Joyce and Greg, you know feet
of snow followed by inches of rain.
That is truly a recipe for trouble and Mason
County has got plenty of that this afternoon.
First, let's talk about that flooding risk.
Folks who live in the Skokomish River
Valley are being told unless they
leave their homes tonight, they may
be stuck there for the next 72 hours.
Now the river hasn't crossed
over the road yet.
That is something that routinely happens
there, but the usual detour out of the
valley is also closed because of power
lines and trees blocking the road.
There was a minor landslide on
Hwy 108 this afternoon.
DOT says they're worried
about more of these happening.
Now let's go up to Lake Cushman,
where they have seen three to four feet
of snow in the last couple of weeks.
That was before the heavy
rain started last night.
At least four trailers had roofs.
Cave in.
Lots of awnings,
gutters and carports are
buckling under all this weight.
Janet and Mitch Axama Towski
are trying to reduce their
risk of the roof collapsing by
shoveling off the heavy wet snow.
It's been now it has been so much
work it's like coming out every day
and just looking out the window and
saying OK, what are we doing today?
Firefighters told us today that the
rain can triple the weight of the snow
and those roofs that are out there
on some of those 70s era trailers,
specially the flat roofs just are
not meant to hold that much weight.
That's where they're seeing the problems.
There was an older couple,
some senior citizens who were disabled
who had to be helped out of their
trailer after the roof caved in.
The Red Cross is caring for them right now.
Live in a wet Mason County.
Drew Mikkelsen. KING5 News
Wet is right.
Look at all that water.
OK, along the coast,
the waters are rising.
This is the scene in Aberdeen
tonight where some streets says you
can see are already underwater.
Lionel Donovan is in Aberdeen.
And Lionel how's it looking there?
Looks awfully wet, wow. That is absolutely
right, Greg. It is very wet down here.
I bet you can see behind me we're at an
intersection on East Whisker St and as you
can see the images speak for themselves.
We have vehicles try to make their
way through this intersection,
but this water has been pooling
significantly throughout the day,
not just here at this intersection,
but in other parts of the area as well.
We've talked to some of the shop owners
here and they're saying that this is also
part of a rising tide that this rain
is not helping when it comes to this.
So this water levels that we're seeing
in the streets and we actually talked
to the owner of the Twin Harbor Eye
Center over here and she says that her
biggest concern at this point is getting
the water out of her eye glass shop.
She says that when she came in that she
sent us pictures of her shop that was
completely flooded this morning and
employees have had to spend the entire
day pumping water out of the shop.
Getting it back out into out into the
streets now rule says that this is the
4th time that her shop has been flooded.
When she opened her doors back
in 1998 and she says,
although it will be a hassle
working around all of this,
she says her team has her back.
This is the deepest here.
And then in there and then
this part is a little higher,
but that was filled with water too.
And I could show you I show you
the picture before it's gonna be
inconvenient. Working around the
process of drawing the building up,
but I've got amazing employees there.
They were here at 6:30 getting
everything off the floor.
Now, rules said that because this is
something that has happened before,
she knows the process of getting
the water out of her shop.
But she says her biggest concern
will be keeping the water out
of her shop that as this rain
continues and with a potential
rising tide that may be hard to do,
but for now we're live in East Aberdeen,
Lionel Donovan, King 5 News.