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How WA property owners can get financial relief after the flood

More than 100,000 Washington residents have been advised to evacuate their homes in the wake of catastrophic flooding across the region. That’s about double the number of Washington homes and businesses that are covered by flood insurance.
- Monica Nickelsburg
Live updates: More rain and flooding expected in Western Washington as week begins

Additional atmospheric rivers are forecast for Sunday evening through Wednesday. More flooding is expected throughout Western Washington as rain arrives and mountain dams release water to free up reservoir space.
- KUOW Staff
Western Washington faces 'catastrophic' flooding as two atmospheric rivers dump heavy rain

Western Washington braced for what the National Weather Service in Seattle called “catastrophic” conditions Wednesday as an atmospheric river drenched the state.
- Noel Gasca
Cleaning leaf-clogged bike lanes on Seattle’s Eastside — using bike power

Fall in the Seattle area means lots of leaves in bike lanes. Slippery, soggy leaves can be dangerous on two wheels. Now, volunteers in Kirkland have a clever, new tool to clean bike lanes from the seat of a bike.
- Casey Martin
'I thought he was dead.' Crabbing crew recount dramatic rescue off Washington coast

Marcus Cole, the co-owner of the crabbing vessel "Lady Nancy," has been fishing the waters off the coast of Washington state since 1999. Monday morning, he and his crew heard a distress call from a boat called the Abby C. The coordinates placed them near the entrance of Grays Harbor.
- Gabriel Spitzer
Can a watershed have legal rights? The Snohomish River debate deepens

The tide is turning in a Snohomish County legal battle over whether a river and its watershed have legal rights that can be defended in court.
- KUOW Staff
Endangered orcas return to Puget Sound without newborn J64, presumed dead

Almost the entire population of southern resident killer whales gathered in central Puget Sound on Sunday, but the newest member of J Pod, a newborn known as J64, was not among them.
- John Ryan
Furloughed feds pick up Seattle beach trash to keep serving the public

Furloughed federal employees were out in the rain picking up cigarette butts, bottle caps, and other trash at Seattle’s Golden Gardens Park on Friday.
- John Ryan
Staff shortages pull Forest Service office workers into fire roles

After a slew of firings and deferred resignations last winter, U.S. Forest Service employees who are normally in the office — like wildlife biologists or hydrologists — have jumped in to help with fire information.
- Lauren Paterson / NWPB
Orca mom carries dead newborn calf in San Juans
- John Ryan

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