Watch: Levee failure prompts overnight evacuations, impacts hundreds of homes in Washington

PACIFIC, Wash. – A levee nonaccomplishment on the White River resulted successful an ensuing flood that near full neighborhoods swamped, affecting implicit 220 homes successful the City of Pacific, Washington alone, officials said.

Drone footage captured from the entity supra Pacific shows the immense flooding that inundated a ample country of the riverside metropolis connected Dec. 16.

The levee breach occurred astir 1:35 a.m. PST connected Dec. 16. Over 600 radical were displaced aft much than 200 homes were affected by the wide flooding, City of Pacific Mayor Vic Kave said.

PACIFIC, WASHINGTON - DECEMBER 16: In an aerial view, a vicinity is engulfed successful floodwater connected December 16, 2025 successful Pacific, Washington. Evacuations person been ordered successful 3 suburbs southbound of Seattle aft caller levee failure. Atmospheric rivers are expected to proceed successful the coming days arsenic bluish Washington continues reeling backmost 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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According to Kave, a azygous HESCO obstruction blocker nonaccomplishment rapidly turned into a multi-unit failure, triggering a Level 3 "Go Now" evacuation presumption for galore Pacific residents, announced by officers from the Pacific Police Department and Valley Regional Fire Authority that went from door-to-door successful the affected area.

"They were successful waist heavy h2o astatine times," Kave wrote successful a Facebook post.

STATE FAIRGROUND PROVIDES REFUGE FOR LIVESTOCK AND FAMILIES AS WASHINGTON COMBATS HISTORIC FLOODING

The Kings County Sheriff's Office dispatched an aerial squad to relay evacuation commands from a chopper above, arsenic hundreds of Pacific residents fled their homes successful the aboriginal hours of the night.

DIRECTOR OF KING COUNTY, WASHINGTON EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT SPEAKS ABOUT FLOODING, LEVEE FAILURES

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, some Pierce and King Counties, arsenic good arsenic a fig of neighboring towns bordering Pacific, aided successful the contiguous betterment process, which is ongoing.

An evacuation bid for Pacific is inactive successful spot arsenic of Wednesday afternoon, and galore roads successful the metropolis stay closed.

Emergency crews fortified the damaged levee country with "super sacks," which transportation astir a gait of sand, Kave said successful a property league Tuesday.

Pacific is conscionable 1 municipality successful Washington authorities that has faced important flooding implicit the past 10 days successful what Gov. Bob Ferguson called "one of the astir devastating disasters successful our state's history."

At slightest 629 rescues person been made crossed Washington arsenic of Monday night, Gov. Ferguson said successful a station connected X.

In Pacific and galore towns crossed the 16 affected counties recovering from historical flooding crossed Washington, further progressive upwind patterns are forecast to enactment accent connected the already battered communities.

POWER OUTAGES SOAR ACROSS NORTHWEST, AS LATEST STORM BLASTS FLOOD-WEARY WASHINGTON WITH HURRICANE-FORCE WINDS

More flooding continues successful the forecast this week arsenic atmospheric rivers instrumentality to Washington and Oregon. While the severity of the flooding volition not beryllium arsenic large arsenic past week, determination is the imaginable for impacts crossed the state, according to the FOX Forecast Center.

Flood Watches person erstwhile again been issued crossed Washington and Oregon, including the Seattle area, done astatine slightest Thursday.

High winds knocked retired powerfulness to implicit fractional a cardinal households crossed Washington and Oregon connected Wednesday arsenic different blast of dense rainfall arrives into Thursday, which could origin rivers to enactment high.