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KING5 NEWS AT FOUR STARTS RIGHT NOW. DAYS OF HEAVY >>
FROM
FROM AN
FROM AN ATMOSPHERIC RIVER HAVE JUST OVER SATURATED THE GROUND.
THIS TREE JUST COULD NOT HOLD
ON ANY LONGER TOPPLING ONTO A
HOUSE THERE JUST WEST
OF TUMWATER.
LUCKILY NOBODY WAS HURT.
ANDY MNRA NWSSEATTLE A TREE
TOOK OUT A POWER LINE TWENTY
FIRST AVENUE NORTHEAST BY THE
UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON.
NEIGHBORS SORT OF LARGE BOOM AS
THAT ONE CAME CRASHING DOWN.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON.
GLAD TO HAVE YOU WITH US.
I'M GREAT.
COPELAND I'M JESSICA JANNER.
CASTRO THE RAIN JUST WON'T LET
UP.
THERE IS A LOT OF GREEN AS YOU
SEE HERE ON OUR RADAR AND WITH
IT A GROWING CONCERN ABOUT
LANDSLIDES, AVALANCHES AND
FLOODING PARTICULARLY ON THESE
THREE RIVERS.
THE TOLT RIVER, THE GREEN RIVER
AND THE WHITE RIVER.
>> WE HAVE TEAM COVERAGE FOR
YOU THIS AFTERNOON.
GLEN FARLEY AND LYNELLE DONOVAN
WILL TAKE A LOOK AT FLOOD
CONCERNS AND THE AVALANCHE
RISK.
BUT WE'RE GOING TO BEGIN WITH
ADAM CLAIBON WITH A LOOK AT
JUST HOW MUCH RAIN HAS FALLEN
SO FAR AND WHAT TO EXPECT INTO
TONIGHT.
ADAM?
TONIGHT. ADAM? >> OH, HEY THERE, GREG.
SO WE'VE ALREADY SEEN IN MANY
SPOTS HERE OVER THE PAST 12
HOURS A LOT OF RAIN WHICH HAS
AMOUNTED TO AT LEAST AN INCH IN
MOST OF OUR LOCATIONS NOW SOME
SPOTS GETTING CLOSER TO THE
COAST HAVE SEEN CLOSER TO ABOUT
TWO INCHES AND THEN YOU SEE
THAT ONE LIGHTER GREEN AREA
JUST SOUTH OF THE OLYMPIC
MOUNTAINS THAT'S THE SKOKOMISH
RIVER AND CLOSER TO SHELTON WE
PICKED UP OVER TWO INCHES
OF RAIN HERE SO FAR TODAY.
SO FLOODING CONCERNS YEAH, NO
SURPRISE THAT WE HAVE THOSE
HERE AND WE STILL HAVE THAT
FLOOD WATCH OUT UNTIL 10:00
P.M. >> TOMORROW NIGHT AND
THAT'S BECAUSE OF ALL THE RAIN
THAT IS STILL GOING TO WORK ITS
WAY DOWN FROM THE HIGHER
ELEVATIONS AND FROM THE
MOUNTAINS AND WORKED ITS WAY
INTO WORKED THEIR WAY INTO
WHERE THE STREAMS AND THE
CREEKS.
NOW THE NEXT WAVE OF HEAVY RAIN
IS GOING TO START TO MOVE IN
HEADING ON INTO THIS EVENING
AND WE'RE STARTING TO SEE THAT
RIGHT NOW MOVING INTO
SOUTHWESTERN PARTS
OF WASHINGTON AND THAT'S
INDICATED BY SOME OF THE DARKER
GREENS, THE YELLOWS THAT YOU
SEE NOW BEGINNING TO MOVE JUST
SOUTH OF ABERDEEN GOING TO BE
HEADING CLOSER TO ENCORDER AND
YEAH, IT LOOKS LIKE IT HAS
AGAIN AND SITE SHELTON WHERE
WE'VE SEEN THE MOST RAIN HERE
THROUGHOUT THE DAY AND AROUND
THE SOUNDBYTE >> WE'RE GOING TO
SEE MORE RAIN PICK UP HERE OVER
THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS.
LOOKS LIKE IT WILL BE MORE
OF AN EARLY NIGHT EVENT WITH
THIS WAVE OF RAIN THAT COMES ON
THROUGH AND POSSIBLY SOME
STRONGER WIND GUSTS TO COME
ALONG WITH THAT AS WINDS
CONTINUE TO COME SO OUT OF THE
SOUTH WHICH HAS HELPED MANY
OF US TO STAY MORE SO IN THE
50S HERE THROUGHOUT THE DAY >>.
BUT WE SEE THE RAIN FOR THE
FIRST HALF >> OF THE NIGHT.
BUT AFTER WE GET PAST MIDNIGHT,
GUESS WHAT?
THERE IS A LIGHT AT THE END
OF THE TUNNEL THINGS WILL START
TO DRY OUT AND WE'LL PROBABLY
SEE EVEN IF YOU SOAN BREAKS BY
THE TIME WE HEAD INTO
WEDNESDAY.
YOUR COMPLETE FORECAST IS
COMING UP >> LATER.
SOME GOOD NEWS THERE.
ADAM, THANK YOU.
WELL, YOU'VE SEEN THE GRAPHICS.
WE'LL SHOW YOU SOME PICTURES
NOW THIS IS A COMMON SCENE OUT
ALONG THE COAST TODAY.
TROOPERS SHARED THESE PICTURES
OF HIGHWAY109 COVERED IN WATER.
THIS IS OCEAN CITY IN GRAYS
HARBOR COUNTY.
A REMINDER FROM THEM TO AVOID
DRIVING THROUGH ANY STANDING
WATER LIKE THIS >>.
AND DENNIS FROM OCEAN SHORE
SHARED THIS VIDEO WITH US.
HOW WOULD YOU LIKE TO BE IN
THAT?
HE SAYS IT'S THE HIGHEST HAS
SEEN THE WATER IN SIX YEARS
OF WORKING THE BEACH WHILE
FLOODING CONCERNS IN
THURJOYCESTON COUNTY HAVE MANY
WATCHING THE SQUALI RIVER, WE
KNOW HOW THINGS CAN QUICKLY
CHANGE.
LYNELL DONOVAN JOINS US NOW
LIVE ALONG THE RIVER'S BANKS >>
.
YES, AS YOU SAY RIGHT HERE ON
THE RIVER BANK OF HIS QUALITY
RIVER AND AS YOU CAN SEE BEHIND
ME, THE WATER IS MOVING RATHER
QUICKLY AND SOME OF THE
RESIDENTS FROM THE BEST QUALITY
AREA HAVE COME OUT AND THEY
HAVE COMMENTED NOT ONLY ON HOW
FAST THE RIVER IS MOVING BUT
HOW HIGH THE WATER LEVELS ARE.
IN FACT JUST OVER HERE TO MY
LEFT YOU'LL SEE THAT ACTUALLY
THIS USED TO BE WHERE A LOT
OF OFF ROAD VEHICLES WOULD GO
TO PARK BUT NOW THEY CAN'T MAKE
THEIR WAY DOWN THERE BECAUSE
IT'S SIMPLY BEEN FLOODED OVER.
SO THURSTON COUNTY EMERGENCY
SERVICES HAVE BEEN WATCHING
THIS RIVER AND SEEING HOW
BEHAVES AND THEY ARE TRYING TO
MAKE SURE THAT RESIDENTS
UNDERSTAND THAT THEY ARE NOT
ONLY MONITORING THIS RIVER BUT
HOW THEY ARE RESPONDING TO IT
IN ORDER TO KEEP WATER LEVELS
DOWN >>.
YESTERDAY >> THE TACOMA POWER
INCREASE THE DISCHARGE FROM
ARAOUND DAM.
WE TALKED WITH THEM ABOUT THAT
AND THEY ADJUSTED THEIR
DISCHARGE RATE A LITTLE LOWER
BECAUSE WE EXPLAINED TO THEM
THE IMPACTS DOWNSTREAM ON
THURJOYCESTON COUNTY RESIDENTS.
SO THEY ARE RECEIVING OUR
FEEDBACK AS WELL AS WE'RE
WORKING WITH THEM TO GET
INFORMATION OUT TO THE
COMMUNITY NOW THURJOYCESTON
EMERGENCY OFFICIALS ARE SAYING
THAT THEY ARE CALLING FOR
COMMUNITY RESIDENTS TO PUT
TOGETHER AN EVACUATION PLAN IN
ORDER TO STAY PREPARED.
THEY ARE ALSO CALLING ON
RESIDENTS TO MAKE SURE THEY GO
TO THE WEBSITES IN ORDER TO GET
THE MOST UP TO DATE INFORMATION
THEY POSSIBLY CAN BECAUSE THIS
IS A RAPIDLY CHANGING SITUATION
AND THEY WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT
PEOPLE ARE AS INFORMED AS
POSSIBLE TO STAY SAFE.
>> ALL RIGHT, LIONEL, THANK
YOU.
AND ALL THIS RAINFALL ALSO
MEANS A HIGHER RISK
OF LANDSLIDES JUST ARAOUND
WESTERN WASHSINGTON CHECK OUT
THIS TWEET FROM CENTRAL KITSAP
FIRE AND RESCUE SHOWING A
PARKING LOT ON LOWELL STREET IN
SILVERDALE.
CREWS >> SAY THIS IS HAPPENING
DURING THE HEAVY RAINS THAT
HAPPENED LAST WEEK AND
OFFICIALS EVERYWHERE ARE
WATCHING FOR ANY POSSIBLE MUD
ROCK AND LANDSLIDES TODAY
PARTICULARLY ON STEEP
HILLSIDES.
THOSE >> ARE THE PROBLEMS DOWN
HERE.
BUT THERE ARE ALSO SOME
CONCERNS ABOUT THE AVALANCHE
RISK UP IN THE MOUNTAINS KING5
FBCLID FINALLLY IS LIVE FOR US
AT STEVENS PASS.
WHAT ARE THE EXPERTS SAYING,
GLENN >>?
WELL, THE >> EXPERTS ARE VERY
WORRIED RIGHT NOW BECAUSE
OF THE AVALANHCES I MEAN YOU
CAN LOOK OVER HERE THAT'S
HIGHWAY TO THAT'S BARE AND WET
RIGHT NOW.
THAT'S NOT NECESSARILY A GOOD
SIGN AS WE LOOK DOWN HERE IN
THE PARKING LOT HERE AT THE SKI
AREA, YOU CAN SEE IT'S SLOPPY.
WE'VE GOT RAIN ON TOP OF SNOW.
NOW LET ME SHOW YOU SOME MORE
PICTURES THAT WE SHOT ON THE
WAY UP HERE NOW.
AVALANCHE CONTROL TEAMS FROM
THE WASHSINGTON STATE
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
THEY WERE OUT UNTIL 6:00 THIS
MORNING CONTROLLING THESE SLIDE
CHUTES AND YOU CAN LOOK UP
ABOVE THE HIGHWAY AND ACTUALLY
SEE THEM THERE THE THE GULLIES,
IF YOU WILL, THAT GO UP THE
MOUNTAIN SIDES THOSE THEY HAVE
TO CLEAR OUT THAT CONCERN HERE
IS ALL THIS RAIN ON SNOW MAKES
THE UPPER LEVELS VERY HEAVY.
IT'S NOT FROZEN SO IT'S NOT
LOCKED IN AN AVALANCHE CONTROL
OF COURSE IS MONITORED BOTH BY
THE STATE DEPARTMENT
OF TRANSPORTATION.
THEY HANDLE THE ROADS, THE SKI
AREAS HANDLE THE SKI AREAS BUT
OUT OF BOUNDS OF THE SKI AREAS
AND CERTAINLY THE BACKCOUNTRY
THAT IS THE BIGGEST CONCERN AND
THE WARNING FROM THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE IN THE
NORTHWEST AVALANCHE WEATHER IN
AVALANCE CENTER TODAY IS THAT
PEOPLE SHOULD NOT BE BACK IN
THE BACKCOUNTRY BECAUSE OF THE
LIKLLIHOOD OF NATURAL
AVALANCHES COMING DOWN AND
PEOPLE WHO GET IN IN TRAPPED
AVALANHCES ARE VERY MUCH IN
TROUBLE.
PEOPLE ARE HIKING, SNOWSHOEING,
SNOWMOBILING, THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO THAT MAY NOT BE THE PLACE TO
BE TODAY UNTIL THIS