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Throughout Washington, 62 highways were closed, including all passes in the Cascade Range. The National Weather Service issued flood warnings for 19 rivers in Western Washington, including the Nooksack, Skagit, Snohomish, Cedar, Nisqually, Puyallup and Chehalis. As of Wednesday afternoon 22 were at or above flood stage.

Flood warnings remained in effect through Friday in 14 counties in Western Washington and six in Eastern Washington, while 25 emergency operations centers were opened across the state.

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All the state's major east-west mountain passes over the Cascades were closed because of avalanche danger.

Google maps - Washington State

King 5 TV videos

10 counties now have emergency decelerations with more probably coming on board in the next day or so. The Red Cross is gearing up for the long run: shelters now and disaster assessments, cleaning supplies and food delivers over the next couple of weeks.

The river count is now up to 32 some that have crested over flood stage or will in the next 24 hours. 4 to 8 inches of rain in 24-48 hours on top of all the snow fall will do that.

There's talk that the Puyallup River Bridge on I-5 [like 4 to 5 lanes in each direction - major North South Interstate] may being eroded by the rapidly rising Puyallup River and if that happens, the bridge would be closed indefinitely severing the major N-S link from Canada through to Mexico. There's several spots along I-5 that's closed due to flooding. Hell, I-90, Hwy 12 and a bunch others are closed. There are a whole slew of towns that have been evacuated or totally isolated due to rivers rising and covering roads. All Amtrak service has been closed down between Seattle and Portland.

Closer to home for me there's concerns that the Tacoma Water Treatment system may become contaminated which would mean the tap water is unfit for consumption without boiling or other treatment.

Just some pictures here.