Over the last week, Seattle and the surrounding King County have been receiving historic flooding. While local emergency services, the US Coast Guard, and the Washington National Guard are the key pillars of rescue operations, a drone proved to be a shockingly good tool in the rescue of a stranded man on top of his car.
Over the weekend, areas of the Stehekin Valley were only accessible by boat or aircraft due to the historic amounts of flooding it received after heavy rainfall. Rain continues to fall in the area, making the flooding even worse.
The height of the Stehekin River reached over 29 feet, only two feet short of a new historical record for the river. This brought floodwaters into towns across King County, which includes Seattle, forcing the Washington National Guard and US Coast Guard to begin assisting in rescue operations…