The National Weather Service issued the flash flood warning on Monday due to a levee breach in Tukwila, a suburb of Seattle located in King County. An evacuation notice is in effect for parts of King County.

The evacuation order was sent to about 1,100 homes and businesses east of the Green River in parts of Kent, Renton and Tukwila.

At 9:15 p.m. on Tuesday, the National Weather Service released a flood watch valid from Thursday 4 a.m. until Saturday 4 a.m. for Clatsop County Coast, Tillamook County Coast, Central Coast of Oregon,

Local agencies, national rescue organizations and community groups have rapidly responded to flooding in Washington, providing shelter and resources to victims.

The National Weather Service in Seattle has issued a flash flood warning for west central King County, following the failure of the Green River Levee.

The NWS Seattle WA issued an updated flood warning at 2:17 a.m. on Tuesday in effect until Thursday at 2:34 a.m. for Snohomish County.

After this latest rain, forecasters at the Weather Service’s Seattle office said that a combination of dry periods and snow piling up in the mountains would finally allow rivers to recede, signaling what they called a “long-awaited return to some semblance of normalcy for December.”