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Auburn officials describe evacuation, shelters and reduced Army Corps releases amid flooding
Summary
Mayor Nancy Backus and council members described a Level 3 evacuation, opened shelters for displaced residents and said the Army Corps of Engineers temporarily reduced releases at Howard Hanson Dam from about 12,000 to 10,000 cubic feet per second to ease downstream flooding.
City leaders told the Auburn City Council on Dec. 15 that recent flooding prompted a Level 3 evacuation in North Auburn, the activation of two shelters and coordinated requests to state and federal officials to reduce downstream flows from the Howard Hanson Dam.
Mayor Nancy Backus said two shelters were opened — the Community and Events Center and a Ray of Hope location at the Auburn Resource Center — and that…
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