Evacuations ordered in 3 south Seattle suburbs after levee fails following week of heavy rain ...Middle East

SEATTLE (AP) — Officials ordered immediate evacuations in three south Seattle suburbs Monday after a levee failed following a week of heavy rains.

The evacuation order from King County in Washington state covered homes and businesses east of the Green River in parts of Kent, Auburn and Tukwila.

Rosenda Quintero, center, and her daughter Mariana Martinez walk towards the backyard of her home which was flooded in the Three Rivers Mobile Home Park on the Snohomish River in near Monroe on Saturday, Dec. 13, 2025. (Karen Ducey/The Seattle Times via AP) Downed trees and lamp post are seen along Commercial Street by the Wenatchee River in Leavenworth on Saturday, Dec. 13, 2025. (Ivy Ceballo/The Seattle Times via AP) Justus Top, 13, rides a jet ski through his family’s front yard Saturday, Dec. 13, 2025 in Sedro-Wooley, Wash. Water from the nearby Skagit River flooded the garage but spared the house, coming within a foot of the structure. (Jennifer Buchanan/The Seattle Times via AP) Show Caption1 of 3Rosenda Quintero, center, and her daughter Mariana Martinez walk towards the backyard of her home which was flooded in the Three Rivers Mobile Home Park on the Snohomish River in near Monroe on Saturday, Dec. 13, 2025. (Karen Ducey/The Seattle Times via AP) Expand

The National Weather Service, meanwhile, issued a flash flood warning covering nearly 47,000 people.

“Conditions are dangerous and access routes may be lost at any time,” the weather service said in a post on X.

The levee breach followed days of heavy rain and flooding that inundated communities, forced the evacuations of tens of thousands of people and prompted scores of rescues throughout western Washington state.

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