Washington first responders go door-to-door to rescue people after "historic levels of flooding"

Residents and emergency crews in towns along the rain-engorged Skagit River in western Washington state braced on Friday for potential levee failures. National Guard troops assisted in evacuations after days of severe flooding in the Pacific Northwest.

The entire town of Burlington, a community of about 9,200 people near Puget Sound, was under evacuation Friday after the river crested at an all-time high of nearly 38 feet, well above major flood stage, at the city of Mount Vernon just downstream.

Washington Gov. Bob Ferguson, called the situation "historic" at a news conference at the Segale Levee in Tukwila, and said, "The situation is extremely unpredictable. We saw that in Burlington last night where there is a situation where literally in the middle of the night, about a thousand folks had to flee their homes in a really dire situation. It is very unpredictable. We are all doing the very best we can to provide the best information, but we want people to know that it is very unpredictable."

Rains were abating as of Friday. But the National Weather Service posted a flash-flood warning for the river basin downstream to the mouth of the Skagit, where it drains into Puget Sound, citing the potential for levee failures under heavy pressure from the high water.

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