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State, King County and Army Corps outline continued levee monitoring and emergency repairs after December floods
Summary
Gov. Bob Ferguson, King County Executive Grama Zahilay and Col. Kathryn Sanborn (U.S. Army Corps) briefed the public on ongoing flood response: National Guard patrols, additional rescue teams, staging of equipment and Corps-led emergency levee repairs in multiple counties. Officials urged vigilance ahead of another forecast storm.
Gov. Bob Ferguson and King County leaders on Saturday briefed the public on ongoing flood response efforts after recent levee breaches, announcing National Guard deployments, rescue teams and emergency repairs by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
Ferguson opened by offering condolences after learning that “one of our state troopers died in the line of duty last night. That is state trooper Gooding.” He described the flooding and levee stress as historic and warned the public that risk remains unpredictable even though experts now assess the chance of another breach as “moderate.”
The governor said he is mobilizing 100 National Guard members, with about 50 assigned to levee patrols and round‑the‑clock spotters on the levee system. He also said the state is working to bring four swift‑water rescue teams to King County and to form an additional rapid‑repair strike team to respond quickly if a breach…
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