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>> How
>> How but is it where you are? Major flooding around Western
Washington, Issaquah might be
the hardest hit with several
roads closed joining us from an
apartment complex off of
Newport Way.
Newport Way. >> We are in the parking lot of
the park sure apartment complex
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. >>> A
. >>> A lot of cars are secure as
waters continue to rise and his
people try to decide what to do
next, move their stuff for
decide at this point that
there's nothing they can do?
We did speak with a man living
in the apartment complex who
says he's been living here for
a year and a half who always
enjoyed be next to the creek.
>> Started coming in last night
about 10:30 PM, this is the
worst I've ever seen it.
We moved our cars to higher
ground but this is pretty bad.
>> We are seeing a lot of
people out here walking in rain
boots as they walked to the
water.
water.
water. A
water. A lot of road closures due to
the flooding.
the flooding. .
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. >>> If
. >>> If you live in Issaquah and
need sandbags, the city says
the public works team will have
a sandbags set up at the
community center on Rayner
Boulevard south.
Boulevard south. Volunteers will be there to
help you out.
The Cedar River is raging, this
is an Landsberg Park and ravens
Dale due south of Issaquah near
Federal Way.
Federal Way. Rivers have push over the
banks, submerging the park and
now it's at a phase 4 which is
severe in terms of flooding.
Police are urging you, if you
drive there to use caution .
>>> In Thurston County,
officials a warning about the
flooding Nisqually River with
some roads close because of
standing water the shares
department is urging people
living near the Nisqually Delta
to evacuate because of
increased flows out of the La
Grande dam Tacoma power is
going to release power in about
an hour and will run through
tomorrow .
tomorrow . >>> Damage caused by severe
flooding could top $1 million
the hardest hit of all of
Washington and officials are
assessing the damage in several
cities including Sue mass,
right near the Canadian border.
Governor Inslee has the squared
an emergency proclamation for
Whatcom County and 18 other
counties because of flooding
and landslides.
and landslides. George Wilkerson's following
traffic in the morning and now
what exactly is going on with
the skies .
>>> Snow levels around 3500
feet but I'm not seeing a lot of
snow down at low levels because
it's definitely warmer and we
see a lot of runoff from the
mountains into the rivers, so
we see several flood warnings,
Pilcher, Puyallup, Nisqually,
Issaquah, Cedar, Snoqualmie and
Snohomish under flood warnings
then, most of us are under at
least a fled watch for Western
Washington.
Washington. We have this atmospheric River
that is still bringing in all
of this moisture and it's going
to continue to do so, at least
for the next couple days as we
expect more rain to move in.
We will get a couple breaks but
for the most part we still
expect a good amount of
rainfall.
rainfall.
rainfall. Here's a look at current
satellite and radar may be a
bit of a rain shadow effect
from the Olympics. May be a
little bit of a break but you
can see that we still have a
lot of shower the video around
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. >>> I
. >>> I want to talk about what
we seen so far today.
You can see Seattle is just
over three quarters of an inch,
we are nearing half of an inch
in Hoquiam and just over a 10th
of an inch in Olympia.
You can see where the rain
shadow really was today because
they have significantly less
rainfall than Everett, Renton,
you get the idea.
Were not done yet I was still
expecting a few more showers
throughout the day today with a
couple breaks here and there if
you live in the areas where we
are seeing rain shadow. But, as
a continue throughout the day
today, we do expect to continue
with the rain and is going to
tomorrow, late tonight, we
start to see a bit of a break
and then we do expect more rain
tomorrow night going into the
start of the weekend.
However, there is good news in
sight.
sight.
sight. 42
sight. 42 days until spring .
>>> We see improving conditions