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Historic flooding in Washington prompts evacuation order 

WBUR | By Here & Now Newsroom
Published December 12, 2025 at 9:49 AM MST
A driver manages to drive through flood waters from the Snohomish River in Snohomish, Washington, on Dec. 11, 2025. Tens of thousands of people were under evacuation orders Thursday in western North America, after days of heavy rain forced rivers to burst their banks. Storms have battered Washington state in the US and British Columbia over the Canadian border for several days, with rivers continuing to rise. (Jason Redmond / AFP via Getty Images)
Jason Redmond / AFP via Getty Images
A driver manages to drive through flood waters from the Snohomish River in Snohomish, Washington, on Dec. 11, 2025. Tens of thousands of people were under evacuation orders Thursday in western North America, after days of heavy rain forced rivers to burst their banks. Storms have battered Washington state in the US and British Columbia over the Canadian border for several days, with rivers continuing to rise. (Jason Redmond / AFP via Getty Images)

Washington Gov. Bob Ferguson has declared a statewide emergency as heavy rain caused rivers across the state to surge.

North of Seattle, in Skagit County, 75,000 people are under an evacuation order.

Here & Now‘s Lisa Mullins speaks with KUOW reporter Casey Martin and Abby Yates, who lives in Whatcom County, Washington.

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.

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