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Cross-border flood reduction plan to aid B.C., American communities not expected for two years

The status update report from Washington State noted that Indigenous knowledge, as well as geological and archeological evidence, indicate that the mainstem Nooksack River flowed through what is now the Sumas Prairie and into the Fraser River as recently as several hundred years ago.…

How Western Washington’s ‘100-year’ floods are changing

On Wednesday, a “GO NOW” evacuation notice was issued for people living in the “100-year flood” zone in Skagit Valley, a large area which includes Burlington, La Conner, Lyman and Hamilton, as well as parts of Mount Vernon and Sedro-Woolley.

But that term is a bit of a misnomer. It…

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