Authorities have told everyone within the Skagit River's 100-year flood plain to evacuate ahead of rapidly rising floodwaters. Communities including Burlington, La Conner, Lyman and Hamilton, as well as parts of Mount Vernon and Sedro-Woolley,

About 78,000 residents of a major agricultural region north of Seattle were ordered to evacuate the Skagit River’s floodplain, officials said

All residents in the city of Burlington have been told to evacuate immediately Friday morning.

City officials ordered an immediate evacuation in Burlington after water from Gages Slough rushed into homes. The Skagit River reached near-record levels, and flooding spread across Western Washington,

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The Burlington Police Department and Skagit County Emergency management issued a city-wide evacuation this morning, after initial reports that the Slough, part of the Skagit River watershed, has jumped its banks. The City has nearly 10,000 residents.

Skagit County including Mount Vernon, Burlington, Conway, La Conner and Edison remain under a flash flood watch. Because of heavy rains and overflow from the Skagit River, it is possible dikes and levees could fail resulting in flash flooding through those areas into Skagit and Padilla bays.