Seattle WA

KING COUNTY, Wash. — Late into a nearly hour-long news conference, the head of King County’s Department of Natural Resources and Parks made a sobering statement about weak spots in the county’s levee system. “(There are) more than a dozen, I would suspect, across the entire system,...

Track the latest impacts from continuing severe weather in the region. Heavy rains have led to continued flooding, landslides and road closures across western Washington this week. Rivers that flooded during last week's storms are again at risk of overflowing with more rain coming down. On Monday, a levee of...

WASHINGTON — A renewed river and urban flood risk is expected to develop overnight across western Washington, where saturated soils and continued runoff are creating dangerous conditions. Forecasters warn that residents should be prepared for rapidly changing water levels, especially in low-lying and flood-prone...

Several school districts in western Washington are closed or delayed on Tuesday, Dec. 16, as most of the region remains under a Flood Watch. More rainfall is expected throughout the week, potentially keeping river levels high across the area. A Flash Flood Warning was activated and canceled on Monday after...

More than 4,000 customers are without power in Seattle. As of 3:30 p.m. Tuesday, 4,135 are without power in North Seattle, as shown on Seattle City Light’s outage map. Earlier during the day, 16,146 customers were without power. The power outage is due to an equipment failure, Seattle City...

Seattle police have apprehended a 27-year-old man, previously convicted seven times, following a disturbance in Pioneer Square. This arrest stemmed from a skirmish that occurred near a hot dog stand in the early hours of Sunday morning, as reported by the Seattle Police Department Blotter. Patrol officers were called...

This morning on Good Day Seattle we spoke with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to talk about the challenges they are facing with widespread flooding and a broken levee.

TUKWILA, Wash. — The water level on the Green River is expected to rise by up to two feet as officials are expecting to return the Howard A. Hinson Dam to normal water flows in the coming days. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers reduced the flow when the...

SEATTLE — Strong winds on Tuesday knocked out power for thousands of customers across the Seattle area and surrounding regions, according to utility outage trackers. As of 10 p.m., the following outage numbers were reported by regional electric utilities:. Seattle City Light reported 2 active outage events, affecting...

The Seattle Police Department (SPD) says a 25-year-old man, with a history of disturbances on buses, was arrested after allegedly punching a bus driver in downtown Seattle.