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Floodwaters Fall but Skagit Still Above Flood Stage
Washington state communities recover as the Skagit River stays over flood stage though rainfall eases. Sandbagging limited damage while 3,000 Skagit residents prepare to return home. Hamilton town evacuated as upriver Concrete saw a record 42.2 feet. State of emergency remains in effect.
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Mount Vernon
Skagit
Leon ‘Torrey
John Pell
US. Army Corps of Engineers
National Weather Service
Chris Burke
Burke
Concrete
Snoqualmie River
Seattle
King County
Nooksack
Bellingham
Whatcom County
Washington
Skokomish River
Mason County
Olympia
U.S. 101
Skagit County
Ric Boge
County Public Works
Boge
Hamilton
Brad Owen
Gary Locke
Whatcom
Clallam
Locke
China
Mark Stewart
State Emergency Operations Center