Rising flood threats brew in Washington just days after historic flooding

Flood menace renews, arsenic latest atmospheric stream soaks Pacific Northwest aft historical inundation

Washington is bracing for much flooding opening Monday, aft historical inundation past week led to thousands of evacuations and prompted Gov. Bob Ferguson to state a State of Emergency. Another atmospheric stream is blasting the region, threatening to reignite stream flooding, with dense rainfall expected to past done Tuesday. The flood menace has expanded farther southbound successful the latest tempest to see occidental Oregon and bluish California.

SEATTLE — The authorities of Washington is bracing for perchance much flooding this week arsenic different atmospheric stream is expected to interaction the area. 

The atmospheric river is forecast to determination implicit the portion starting connected Monday and volition past until Tuesday, bringing dense rain and gusty winds.

This comes days aft a historical stream flood impacted the state, resulting successful galore road closures, evacuation orders for thousands of residents and dozens of exigency rescues passim the area. 

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A operator manages to thrust done flood waters from the Snohomish River successful Snohomish, Washington, connected December 11, 2025. Tens of thousands of radical were nether evacuation orders Thursday successful occidental North America, aft days of dense rainfall forced rivers to burst their banks. Storms person battered Washington authorities successful the US and British Columbia implicit the Canadian borderline for respective days, with rivers continuing to rise. 

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During past week’s storm, the authorities was bombarded with dense rain, with immoderate areas surpassing 22 inches of rainfall. 

Several rivers crossed the authorities had crested astatine historical levels with dozens of rivers entering the large flood stage, causing important harm to homes and roads astir the area. 

On Friday, the National Guard work members went door-to-door successful Burlington, evacuating the full metropolis of astir 11,000 residents aft the Gages Slough River began flooding into homes.  

SNOHOMISH, WASHINGTON - DECEMBER 14: In an aerial view, a idiosyncratic stands atop of spot engulfed by floodwater connected December 14, 2025 successful Snohomish, Washington. Atmospheric rivers are expected to proceed successful the coming days arsenic bluish Washington continues reeling from historical flooding precocious past week. Mass flooding on the Pacific Northwest caused historical flooding, tens of thousands of evacuations, and dozens of Coast Guard rescues.  

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Another river, the Snohomish River, was recorded astatine a record-breaking 34.15 feet and is expected to summation during this week’s atmospheric river. 

"The concern is genuinely historic," Gov. Bob Ferguson said successful a property league Friday. "Rivers similar the Skagit River and the Cedar River are virtually facing and experiencing historical levels of flooding. So, this is thing the radical of the authorities of Washington person not faced before, this level of flooding."

Snoqualmie River flooding successful Duvall, Washington successful King County.

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Mudslides person adjacent occurred successful immoderate parts of Washington. One mudslide destroyed portion of US Highway 2, which generates anyplace from $7 to 10 cardinal of economical interaction connected the state. 

On Dec 12, an exigency declaration was signed by President Donald Trump for the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to supply assistance portion Washington begins to measure the harm from the wide flooding. This comes aft Gov. Ferguson declared a authorities of exigency connected Dec. 10. 

According to the FOX Weather Center, the lowland portion is expected to person astir an inch much of rain, portion upland areas specified arsenic the Cascades, which are northbound of King County, could person respective inches arsenic the existent atmospheric stream passes done the area.

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This raises the hazard of renewed oregon prolonged flooding successful the area, particularly with galore rivers already moving high.

The Skagit River is forecast to scope large flood stage, and the Snohomish River volition beryllium adjacent large flood signifier by Wednesday afternoon. 

While the Skykomish and Snoqualmie rivers could concisely dip into mean flood levels again arsenic well. 

Currently, a upwind advisory is successful effect for the lowland portion until Monday arsenic immoderate parts volition person up to 40 to 45 mph upwind gusts which could pb to downed trees and powerfulness outages. 

By midweek, cooler aerial volition determination into the area, allowing for dense snowfall successful the mountains portion the little elevations volition proceed to spot rain. 

It is expected the tumultuous upwind volition proceed until the extremity of the week. 

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