CATHCART, Wash. — Neighbors downslope of a sprawling new housing development in Snohomish County are dealing with flooding and erosion problems, and they worry the worst is yet to come as the rainy season continues .

Directly next to what is now the Eastview Village development used to be 144 acres of trees, but they're mostly gone now, leading to issues with runoff and erosion — just part of what neighbors say is a troubling pattern.

Joel Pentland has lived in the Greenleaf neighborhood for 14 years and has never seen anything like it. Earlier this month his streets turned to streams with the first hard rain of the season. People living next door to the sprawling new development saw mud cover their properties and clog their drainage systems.

"I'll admit I was very upset, putting it n

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