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Seattle-area dams are holding: ‘They are not in danger of failure’
Seattle-area dams are holding: ‘They are not in danger of failure’
Seattle-area dams are holding: ‘They are not in danger of failure’

Published on: 12/18/2025

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Gregor Kelley, left, carries a dog to safety as Amber Franz and Kevin Johnson help another dog stranded by the flooding after learning about the lost dogs on Facebook, Tuesday, Dec. 16, 2025, in Pacific, Wash. (Ellen M. Banner/The Seattle Times via AP) APBusinesses near State Route 167, between Auburn and Kent, Wash., experience flooding, Tuesday, Dec. 16, 2025. (Erika Schultz/The Seattle Times via AP)Farms are flooded between Auburn and Kent, Wash., Tuesday, Dec. 16, 2025. (Erika Schultz/The Seattle Times via AP) APSandy Johnsen lets Skye, a golden retriever, into her family's home over sandbags due to flooding from storms, in Auburn, Wash., Tuesday, Dec. 16, 2025. (Erika Schultz/The Seattle Times via AP) APBryce Humerickhouse leaps from the deck of his rental house into flood waters that surround the house in Hamilton, Wash., after clearing out some valuables Thursday, Dec. 11, 2025. (Jennifer Buchanan/The Seattle Times via AP) APA vehicle drives through floodwaters on Thursday, Dec. 11, 2025, in Kent, Wash. (Nick Wagner/The Seattle Times via AP) APSome residential streets in downtown Snoqualmie, Wash., have standing water, Thursday morning, Dec. 11, 2025, as the downtown braces for a third crest of the Snoqualmie River later. (Ken Lambert/The Seattle Times via AP) APJoselyn Rosas, 7, hugs her mother Norma Rosas as they look at the flooded Three Rivers Mobile Home Park where they live along the Snohomish River in Monroe, Wash., Thursday, Dec. 11, 2025. (Karen Ducey/The Seattle Times via AP) APRoads are covered with floodwater in Snohomish County, Wash., along the Stillaguamish River, Thursday, Dec. 11, (Erika Schultz/The Seattle Times via AP) APMegan Dascher-Watkins walks through floodwater at her home with her dog Petey, in Stanwood, Wash., Thursday, Dec. 11, 2025. (Erika Schultz/The Seattle Times via AP) APCattle walk through Snoqualmie River floodwaters, Thursday, Dec. 11, 2025, near Carnation, Wash. (Nick Wagner/The Seattle Times via AP) APA home is surrounded by flood waters near Twin Rivers Snohomish County Park in Arlington, Wash., Thursday, Dec. 11, 2025.A home is surrounded by flood waters near Twin Rivers Snohomish County Park in Arlington, Wash., Thursday, Dec. 11, 2025. (Erika Schultz/The Seattle Times via AP) APA cow drinks from the flooded Snohomish River in Snohomish, Wash., Thursday, Dec. 11, 2025. (AP Photo/Stephen Brashear) APDeanna and Troy Thomas fill sandbags for their home to keep out water from potential flooding due to heavy rains, Wednesday, Dec. 10, 2025, in Orting, Wash. (AP Photo/John Froschauer) APChristopher Sierra, a Boulder Creek landscaping company employee, helps place sandbags around The Net Drive In at Mount Vernon, Wash., Wednesday, Dec. 10, 2025. (Erika Schultz/The Seattle Times via AP) APSam Bencomo chases Mocha to try and catch her to put her harness on to transport the horse from Luna Ranch, on Ebey Island, Wash., Wednesday, Dec. 10, 2025, as an evacuation order was issued due to expected high flooding. (Karen Ducey/The Seattle Times via AP) APMount Vernon city employees install a flood wall in downtown Mount Vernon, Wash., with the Skagit River flooding Wednesday, Dec. 10, 2025. (Erika Schultz/The Seattle Times via AP) APChildren play at a flooded street Wednesday, Dec. 10, 2025, in Auburn, Wash. (AP Photo/John Froschauer) APThe flooding Snoqualmie River has closed NE 124th St., which connects W. Snoqualmie Valley Rd. NE on the Redmond side, and SR-203 on the Duvall and Carnation side, Wednesday, Dec. 10, 2025, near Novelty, Wash. (Ken Lambert/The Seattle Times via AP) APWater from the Skagit River reaches a flood wall on Thursday, Dec. 11, 2025, in Mount Vernon, Wash. (AP Photo/Stephen Brashear) APKatie Gomez, who lives on Highway 20, watches water rush into her front yard near Lyman, Wash., Wed., Dec. 9, 2025, after she and her roommates were moving vehicles to higher ground at a friend's house to protect them from flooding. (Erika Schultz/The Seattle Times via AP) APVolunteers load sandbags into a vehicle to prepare for major flooding expected along the Skagit River Wednesday, Dec. 10, 2025, in Mount Vernon, Wash. (AP Photo/Cedar Attanasio) APA car drives through a flooded South 277th Street, Wednesday, Dec. 10, 2025, in Auburn Wash. (AP Photo/John Froschauer) APA police officer blocks a flooded street Wednesday, Dec. 10, 2025, in Auburn, Wash. (AP Photo/John Froschauer) APWater from the Skagit River flood a park on Thursday, Dec. 11, 2025, in Mount Vernon, Wash. (AP Photo/Stephen Brashear) AP

Two major dams in King Count, have done their jobs to protect western Washington state and remained stable Wednesday, despite an intense series of atmospheric river events that breached levees, swallowed roads and forced evacuations.

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