Evacuations, search for missing persons continue after flooding in Washington

Extreme flooding pretty much cut off Seattle from the rest of the country last Friday. Meade Krosby is quoted. 

“We received a pretty shocking amount of rain in a very small amount of time across the state, particularly in Western Washington,” Krosby said. “Our soils are already really saturated, our rivers are already really high, and so getting this huge amount of precipitation in a really small amount of time led to significant flooding throughout the state.”

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