Bellingham: Most Washington West started to dry after rain storms that dump for days, waters in some areas continues to increase, more and more people are urged to evacuate and bounce back streets.
Officials in the small town of Sumas, Washington, near the Canadian border, called flood destroy and said on Facebook on Tuesday that an estimated 75% of existing home water damage.
Hundreds of people were evacuated soaking remind people about the record of Western Washington, severe flooding in November 1990 when two people died and more than 2,000 evacuation, officials said.
“The family and the business need prayers and support us when we start the process of cleaning and rebuilding over the next few days,” said Post Facebook.
Across the border, the body of a woman recovered from a landslide near the small community of Lillooet, British Columbia, triggered by record rainfall.
Royal Canadian mounted police officer said at least two other people were reported missing.
Sumas River water levels are rising rapidly in the State of Washington include a lifesaver in Abbotsford, British Columbia, on Tuesday, in which 1,100 homes were evacuated.
Residents were joined by thousands of other people in the province were forced from their homes by floods or landslides began Sunday night.
Abbotsford Mayor Henry Braun said on Tuesday that the road impassable creating havoc as the authorities tried to get people to evacuation sites.
“It broke my heart to see what is happening in our city,” he said.
Southwest Sumas, Washington, a 59-year-old man from Everson identified by police Tuesday when Jose Garcia remains missing after his truck was swept into flooded fields and he was attached to the tree.
Crew partially reopen the highway north-south western coast, Interstate 5, near Bellingham, Washington, following a full overnight closure because of debris Mudslide.
Lanes north remained closed Tuesday night as crews continue to work.
In addition, six train cars that have been sitting in line at BNSF Rail yard in Sumas derailed in floods Tuesday, said Lena Kent, BNSF Director of Public Works.
Train on it and the other locations in western Washington will not run again until the water receded and the tracks are checked and repaired if necessary, he said.
Two of Canada’s largest railway hopes will take several days to clear the track outages in southern British Columbia that hinder the movement of goods to the port of Vancouver.
In the Northern city of Washington, Ferndale, officials on Tuesday urged people in homes and businesses to be evacuated in the area near the Nooksack river ride.
Observers close to the town’s main street to save a man Tuesday who mistakenly drove into a flood.
Half a dozen people wading through water onto their chests and push the car floating to the ground drier.
Rain caused by atmospheric river – large feather moisture that extends over the Pacific and into Washington and Oregon.
It was a massive flood event a second major in the northwestern part of the State of Washington in less than two years, weather and climate change triggers a more powerful and often severe, Whatcom County officials told the Bellingham Herald.
Approximately 5.57 inches (14.14 cm) of rain fell at Bellingham International Airport from Saturday to Monday.
Normal monthly rainfall total was 5.2 inches (13.2 cm) for November, according to data from the national weather service.
At the height of the storm, more than 158,000 electric customers in Western Washington on Monday had no power because the wind speed reaches 60 mph (96 kph), including a gust of 58 mph (93 kph) at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport.
Schools in and around the city of Bellingham is closed Tuesday for the second day in a row and Governor Jay Inslee on Monday said the severe weather emergencies in 14 countries.
More than 31,000 electric customers Washington state remained without power on Tuesday.
The National Weather Service has issued flood warnings for several rivers throughout Washington.
South Bellingham, Skagit River in Mount Vernon roam at levels below the flood wall was built in 2016 to hold the waters rush, the Seattle Times reported.
Ride from Mount Vernon Skagit River in the city of Hamilton, which surrounds the house Floodwaters slowly receded Tuesday night, Q13-TV reported.
Dozens of people, including Bert Kerns, fled to higher ground at the First Baptist Church of Hamilton on Sunday.
He was among those who can not return to his home.
“Rude.
Rather like a nightmare,” said Kerns, who has lived in Hamilton since 1980.