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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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Levee breach triggers flash flood warning and evacuations south of Seattle

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Crews use sandbags to shore up levee breach near Seattle after failure prompts flood warning

Crews used sandbags to shore up an earthen levee south of Seattle on Monday after a small section of it failed following a week of heavy rains, prompting an evacuation order covering parts of three su...

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Levee breached in Washington as atmospheric river renews flood threat

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Levee Failures Trigger Evacuations In King County; 1 Dead In Washington Floods

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Flood warning lifted for west-central King County after Desimone Levee breach

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.

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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.