Melting snow causes heavy flooding in Wash. state

SNOQUALMIE, Wash. – Rain and high winds lashed Washington state Wednesday, causing widespread avalanches, mudslides, flooding and road closures as the heavy snowfall that has buried parts of the state began to rapidly melt.
More than 25,000 people were told to leave their homes in a flood-endangered valley southeast of Tacoma, as authorities warned of heavy flooding.
"This is going to be a memorable flood event," said Andy Haner, a National Weather Service meteorologist in Seattle.
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