Ryan Ike, a mitigation division director with FEMA Region 10, called it a “textbook example” of a community-driven flood protection project. Before the wall, flood season meant 150,000 sandbags and a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. As record flooding is expected in Mount Vernon, the surrounding Skagit River Basin have experienced repeated flood events over ...

Following Western Washington’s historic flooding in December, Mount Vernon’s floodwall drew attention from a national ...

A Skagit County family of eight has been forced out of their home for nearly a week as the Skagit River continues to spill over. Corbeck Snellenberg and Haley Simenson told KIRO 7 their home on ...

MOUNT VERNON, Wash. (AP) — Days of torrential rain in Washington state caused historic floods that stranded families on rooftops, washed over bridges and ripped at least two homes from their ...