SILVANA — Snohomish County emergency crews kept an eye on rising rivers as rescuers helped families escape flooded areas.
KOMO-TV reported that a strong rain storm on Friday night led to high water. The town of Silvana sits in the middle of the Stillaguamish River and the only way to get in or out was by hover craft.
On Friday evening, a man’s car stalled in water along Pioneer Highway near Silvana. Snohomish County Search and Rescue picked him out of the water, said Lt. Todd Swenson with the Snohomish Count Sheriff’s Office.
Swenson said he was in Silvana on Saturday morning and water had receded below road levels.
First responders went house to house, by boat, but many people chose to ride out the storms.
A few miles up-river, the Stillaguamish flowed over State Route 530. That led to escorts across the flooded roadway.
The sheriff’s office warns drivers to never cross flooded roads.
A woman in Monroe called for a rescue on Friday when she got trapped with her dogs.
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