Esco Bell walked the length of Mount Vernon’s 1.7-mile floodwall just after midnight on Friday, watching the water creep up to the brim of the only barrier separating the surging Skagit River from the ...

SKAGIT COUNTY, Wash. — The U.S. National Weather Service has issued a Level 2 (Get Set) Flood Watch for all of Skagit County within the 100-year floodplain, effective until Thursday afternoon. This ...

SKAGIT COUNTY, Wash. — Monica Mendez stands on her back deck and looks out at the feet of water in her backyard. “The water was coming so fast everything was floating, like, so high, so fast,” she ...

BURLINGTON, Wash. — Cleanup efforts continued across Skagit County after last week’s record flooding, even as forecasters warned another round of heavy rain could push rivers higher again. The Skagit ...

Portions of western Washington state have experienced a month’s worth of rain within the past few days, causing historic flooding, damaging mudslides and more than 100,00 people facing potential ...

City officials ordered every resident in Burlington to evacuate early on Friday after floodwaters from Gages Slough began rushing into homes. Police, firefighters, and National Guard troops went ...

The Army Corps of Engineers was able to reduce flooding on the Skagit River with emergency operations of two hydropower dams upstream. Big dams have big downsides, including killing salmon and ...

The Skagit County Board of Commissioners approved Monday changes to county code regarding public defenders. Language in the new code will keep the county up to day on state-required changes, which ...

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Western Washington is facing a “historic” flooding crisis that has forced tens of thousands to flee their homes and could displace thousands more Friday as rivers reach record levels. There have been ...

Residents in the Pacific Northwest of the US and western Canada are bracing for potentially life-threatening floods as several days of heavy rain have swollen a number of rivers and tributaries. On ...