Washington.- Washington state residents prepare for possible floods faced with a new threat of “atmospheric rivers” for parts of the northwestern part of the country, which this month suffered serious damage from the Extreme weather.
The authorities asked the population of the small communities of Sums and Everson from Washington state that will evict the area on a voluntary basis Saturday night, The Bellingham Herald reported. Both towns near the Canadian border experienced extreme flooding in the previous storm.
In a emergency alert It was indicated that the closure of roads in the area could begin on Sunday morning.
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Authorities issued flood watches for much of western and north-central Washington for the weekend, and the National Weather Service warned of possible flooding until Sunday.
Heavy rains and rising river levels are expected over the weekend in the Olympic and Cascade Mountains.
“We anticipate for tomorrow morning river floods and possible flooding in some locations, “Gary Schneider, a meteorologist with the Seattle office of the National Weather Service, said Sunday.” For now, the rivers have not overflowed. “
Schneider indicated that if there were to be floods, it would likely be Saturday night or Sunday morning.
Meteorologists noted that an atmospheric river, a huge cloud of moisture that spreads over the Pacific and heading northwest, could cause up to 7.6 centimeters (three inches) of rain in some areas affected by the flood recent.
State officials are still assessing millions of dollars in damage from the most recent storm, which was also attributed to a atmospheric river.
In Whatcom County, in northwest Washington, officials said damage costs could reach $ 50 million.
The most recent floods forced the closure of the border between United States and Canada in the small town of Sumas and three bridges in Bellingham, when avalanches blocked Interstate 5 south of Bellingham.
This week’s atmospheric river shouldn’t be as “severe” as it was before, Schneider said.
“It will still be a fairly rainy event, but (the previous flood) was a historic event. So we do not forecast a repeat event,” Schneider said.
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Forecasters predict the rain will dissipate by Sunday and Monday will be relatively dry.
