SKAGIT COUNTY, Wash. — KIRO 7 is keeping a close eye on the communities impacted by record flooding as Washington is under a state of emergency. As of 9 p.m. on December 16, here is a look at the ...

The Army Corps of Engineers was able to reduce flooding on the Skagit River with emergency operations of two hydropower dams upstream. Big dams have big downsides, including killing salmon and ...

SKAGIT COUNTY, Wash. — Monica Mendez stands on her back deck and looks out at the feet of water in her backyard. “The water was coming so fast everything was floating, like, so high, so fast,” she ...

Western Washington is facing a “historic” flooding crisis that has forced tens of thousands to flee their homes and could displace thousands more Friday as rivers reach record levels. There have been ...

SKAGIT COUNTY, Wash. — A more than century-old dike along the Skagit River is holding after near-record water levels this week, but concerns remain as 75,000 people across Skagit County continue to ...

President Donald Trump was sued on Friday by preservationists asking a federal court to halt his White House ballroom project until it goes through multiple independent reviews and wins approval from ...

The Skagit River near Mount Vernon reached a record high of 37.43 feet at 9:15 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 11, and is expected to continue rising until 4 a.m. Friday, Dec. 12, while most other local rivers ...

SKAGIT COUNTY, Wash. — As evacuation orders are in effect for tens of thousands of residents, Skagit County has opened up numerous emergency shelters amid potential "catastrophic" flooding in the area ...

Residents in River Park Estate, an RV park in Sumner in northern Pierce County, were among the tens of thousands of people who were advised to evacuate. Rebecca Roe’s husband, Gary, is a manager at ...

A state of emergency has been declared and tens of thousands of people have been ordered to leave their homes in Western Washington after historic rain left rivers at record levels across the state.