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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Manuel Valdes and Claire Rush

Levee breach triggers flash flood warning and evacuations south of Seattle

Extreme Weather Washington - (Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All rights reserved)

Residents near a breached levee in Washington state were told to evacuate early Tuesday, just hours after an evacuation alert was lifted for residents near another broken levee in the same county.

Police in the city of Pacific, about 20 miles (32 kilometers) south of Seattle, urged people in the evacuation area near the White River to “Go Now!” The National Weather Service office in Seattle issued a flash flood warning for the levee breach on the river in King County.

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