WASHINGTON STATE—Dozens of people were rescued in Snohomish County, from Wednesday through Thursday, due to the state, and federally, declared “emergency” flooding that swept the region, with more storms and more flooding ahead.

Meteorologists working with the National Weather Service (NWS) issued weather alerts for Washington residents on Wednesday, December 10, due to, what they predicted to be, “record-breaking flooding” – especially in the Puget Sound and Northern Cascades regions. Ferguson declared a state emergency and many areas were evacuated.

NWS’s predictions, catastrophically, became true as the Stillaguamish River at Arlington crested at 5 a.m. Thursday at 20.17 feet, and the Skykomish River at Gold Bar river cresting Wednesday evening causing “record-breaking” flooding, clos

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