City and tribal officials are seeking emergency permission to fix a crumbling levee near the coastal city of Stanwood, Washington, before disaster strikes.
The century-old earthen structure protects the city and 1,800 acres of nearby farmland from the waters of Skagit Bay.
Waves and wind gouged the outer side of a half-mile stretch of the aging structure during a king tide—one of the year’s highest tides—in January…