A levee failure has forced urgent evacuations in three south Seattle suburbs following a week of torrential rain that prompted a state of emergency in Washington state.
The evacuation order from King County covers homes and businesses east of the Green River in parts of Kent, Auburn and Tukwila. The National Weather Service issued a flash flood warning affecting nearly 47,000 people, warning that conditions are dangerous and access routes may be lost at any time.
The breach occurred after days of heavy rain and flooding that inundated communities, forced tens of thousands to evacuate and prompted numerous rescues across western Washington state.
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