flooding

Heavy rain pounded Yakima Tuesday night and Wednesday causing several areas around the city to flood. On Wednesday morning, crews blocked off the road on 48th Avenue between Nob Hill and Viola to clear out a massive pool of water. It took them several hours to pump it all out...

Heavy rain is expected to pound the east slopes of the Cascades through this evening. The National Weather Service says it could be up to three inches. Individuals living in these areas should be aware of the increase in water levels. Flooding is not expected but a lot of water will be filling area rivers and streams...

Flood warnings continue for the Naches River. The National Weather Service says the flood stage is 16 feet, but the river is currently at 16.4 feet. Minor flooding is being reported and the river is expected to begin receding later today...

Dave Ettl here...after discharge from the Army back in 1977  I moved to Minot, ND and earned a double major at Minot State University in Broadcasting  and Psychology.  Great little town and I got my start in commercial radio and Tv there as well.    Lot's of us transplanted North Dakotans live in Yakima and most of us keep track of events back in the midwest.  My heart goes out to the wonderful,

Waging war against flooding of historic proportions that has already affected thousands of people in eight Midwestern and Southern states, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers opened a spillway Monday north of New Orleans in an effort to calm the rising Mississippi River.

Minor flooding is being reported throughout the Yakima Valley Today as snow melt from a weekend of warm temperatures fill the Yakima and Naches rivers and smaller streams and creeks in the Valley. And portions of the Yakima Greenway are being hit by floodwater from the Yakima River...