Skagit County officials were urging nearly 10,000 Burlington residents to evacuate their homes early Friday as a slough from the Skagit River started flooding homes.

Evacuations for Skagit County began Wednesday. All of the 100-year flood plain, the main population center for the county that includes much of Burlington, was already set to a Level 3 evacuation order, meaning “GO NOW.”

As of Friday morning, that evacuation order was still in effect. Skagit County said in an alert that National Guard members were going door-to-door Friday in Burlington to help people evacuate.

According to a news release from Skagit County officials, displaced residents can seek shelter in the following places:

Emergency shelters / resources

Cascade Christian Church, 534 Township St., Sedro-Woolley; 360-

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