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Thursday, February 12, 2026

Levee Breach Near Seattle Triggers Flash Flood Warning and Evacuations

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.

Read the rest of the story at New York Post.

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