Seattle (AP) - rain wind pound on Monday, Washington and Oregon state flood street, overthrow trucks, cutting power more than 20000 people, and killing at least one person has been killed.
In six hours down nearly 2 inches of rain, in a near Seattle - total Seattle bureau of public utilities meteorologists James RUFO mountain is called "special".
"He said," this is a pretty big storm, for most of the city - in a relatively short period of time a lot of rain, but a few blocks "really wet all over."
Drench heavy rains cause flooded road and highway widely reported, some residential water immersion, even in Seattle, Avery's part of the sewage overflow. A few blocks submerged in busy streets has carried on the brief orchard road, west of the port of Seattle.
The damp weather is expected to remain the whole week, but national weather service meteorologists jay Nell in Seattle said, Monday night, "rain".
"He said," now we shower.
In Oregon northwest coast, a hunter was killed Monday morning, when his tent Nehalem tree near the crash, and on board. Two hunters in the adjacent camp heard tree broken a gust of wind reached more than 70 miles, saw lying in the tents of the opposite. They cut the trying to rescue the man, but without success.
Pulling MuKe county sheriff's AnDiLong Nathan Road, the Seattle 52 years old christensen, determine the hunter.
Atv training, the tree down, Portland police was badly injured. Sergeant. Peter Simpson said, accident happened at the Columbia Shanghai an island seems to be related with the weather.
In the southwest Washington, the Washington state patrol car and the other a car hit landslides on highway 101 in the United States Naselle tree near to.
The car began to burn, and cavalry broke a window, climb to safety. Police officer was not injured, in addition to the neck pain and women's other vehicle driver OK. The two car was damaged in the fire.
Strong winds over two highways large commercial trucks last Monday. Tractor trailer rig tip and the Astoria Meg Lyle bridge, across the Columbia river carrying the United States 101. This causes a long time traffic have a headache.
Another kind of tractor trailer rig by the wind to the Aberdeen Chehalis among river bridge in Washington, coast, Aberdeen police said.
The top of the hill a gust of wind in Washington's Astoria bridge and 61 miles per hour in Washington Hoquiam up to 101 miles per hour on the coast. They played 114 miles per hour of isolation Naselle richie in Washington and in the mountainous southwest, weather bureau report.
Puget sound energy to offer 24000 blackout afternoon in western Washington state service area, and most of the service recovery in the middle of night. Area other utilities scattered interrupt.
Washington department of transportation charge (Monday) north falls highway, due to the avalanche danger, rapidly deepen the snow.
Very few western Washington state rivers, and mild odd black lys coastal flooding on Tuesday is expected to Centralia in areas of flood warnings issued. Residents have been told where to find sandbags and, any endangered animals were directed to move to higher ground of place.
Weather bureau report, 24 hours total rainfall for the local time 22 in the evening, including the bremerton 4.09 inches, the west Seattle, in Washington Hoquiam2.97 inches in Washington coast and six inches high latitude of the Olympic dam on the peninsula.
Weather forecast is expected to 9 to 30 inches of snow in the Olympic Games and the Cascade mountains are more than 4000 meters. During the change of the rain, snow and freezing rain may through the cascade highway driving challenge.




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