A levee has breached on the rising Green River, just east of Seattle-Tacoma International Airport in western Washington, as another atmospheric river dumps rain over the Pacific Northwest.
The Desimone levee breached near the city of Tukwila around noon local time on Monday. The levee is meant to reduce flood risks to more than 30,000 people in Tukwila, Kent and Renton.
“We are asking the public to avoid the area and people in the area to evacuate,” a King County Office of Emergency Management spokesperson said early Monday afternoon…