Here’s an area-by-area look at other flood damage across Washington state:
KING COUNTY
Rivers in east King County flooded several communities, forcing people into boats as streets in Snoqualmie and Duvall were submerged.
A chasm between 60 feet and 100 feet long had opened in a section of Highway 202 east of Fall City on Friday.
Record flooding was reported on the Snoqualmie River at Carnation, but the river was receding Friday, the weather service said.
King County Executive Ron Sims spent most of Friday touring east King County flood damage and spoke with evacuees in Renton.
PIERCE COUNTY
In Orting, 10 miles southeast of Tacoma, Mayor Cheryl Temple said many residents had returned to the town Friday after the town and the surrounding valley, home to about 26,000 people, were warned to evacuate Wednesday.
WHATCOM COUNTY
A mudslide early Thursday damaged five houses along the Mount Baker Highway near Deming. No one was injured.
The Nooksack River overtopped levees north of Bellingham, cresting Thursday night at 22.76 feet, 3.76 feet above flood stage.
SKAGIT COUNTY
Dozens of roads were closed and damaged by water. Many schools were closed because of the flooding. The Samish River flooded at near-record levels, but the Skagit crested at only 0.6 feet above flood stage near Mount Vernon late Thursday.
The Department of Transportation reopened Highway 20 between Sedro-Woolley and Concrete, but it remained closed by slides east of Concrete.
Road crews Friday were clearing debris from the highway east of Concrete. Officials said one lane would reopen to general traffic in two weeks.
A mudslide blocked Highway 530 between Rockport and Darrington. It will be several days before one lane is available to local traffic only.
LEWIS AND GRAYS HARBOR COUNTIES
Many areas devastated by floods in December 2007 faced more high water just 13 months later. The Chehalis, Newaukum and Skookumchuck rivers in the county all flooded, but water was receding Friday.
In Grays Harbor County, sheriff’s deputies rescued several people from flooding homes. Officials issued a voluntary evacuation notice for people living near rivers, including the swollen Chehalis.
PACIFIC COUNTY
U.S. 101 and some other roads were open again Friday after high water and landslides blocked almost every highway leading out of the county.
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