SNOHOMISH – Melting mountain snow this weekend caused Snohomish County rivers to swell but did they did not overflow their banks.
Rivers levels were receding this morning, said Steve Hagberg, a Snohomish County Department of Emergency Management spokesman.
Officials were concerned that people would be enticed into the rivers by record-breaking temperatures this weekend.
There were a couple of close calls, but no one was seriously injured in river accidents in Snohomish County, officials said.
A man and woman fell into the Snohomish River near Snohomish Sunday afternoon, Snohomish County Fire District 4 Battalion Chief Craig Heike said.
The man safely got out but the woman was swept away, he said.
A bystander jumped into the river and pulled the woman to safety, Heike said.
Near Arlington, a search was underway for ours for a man who was feared missing after a canoe trip down the South Fork Stillaguamish River. He was later found safe at the home of a friend.
A 21-month-old boy died in Lewis County and two men are missing in King County from weekend river accidents.
Temperatures are forecast to drop into the 60s this week and rain if predicted through Wednesday, according to the National Weather Service in Seattle.
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