Evacuation order comes after a levee failed following a week of heavy rain as NWS issues flash flood warning
Officials in Washington state ordered immediate evacuations in three south Seattle suburbs on Monday after a levee failed following a week of heavy rains.
The evacuation order from King county covered homes and businesses east of the Green River in parts of Kent, Auburn and Tukwila.
The National Weather Service (NWS) issued a flash flood warning covering nearly 47,000 people.
The levee breach followed a week of record-level flood waters that triggered widespread evacuations.
