Debris Flow — King, Washington

2014-03-02 to 2014-03-08 · near Pacific, King, Washington

Event narrative

An unoccupied Pacific home was destroyed after it was hit by a slide on West Valley Highway. The force of the slide knocked down several walls of the house and knocked the home off its foundation. A road was destroyed in Index (Sunset Falls). Other slide locations across roadways were in the City of Snoqualmie, Thurston County, West Valley Highway in Auburn, Marine View Drive from East 11th Street to Slayden Road in Tacoma, Vashon Island's Dockton Road, on the narrow strip of land connecting Vashon and Maury islands, mudslide struck a car east of Sedro Woolley when mud and debris came down on the South Skagit Highway, Maxwell Road in Maple Valley slid out, Mulkilteo (2 slides), westbound lanes of Highway 20 east of Concrete, Mukilteo again, Des Moines rolled down into a parking lot at an apartment complex along 277th block 6th Place South; hit cars, southbound US 101 near Hoodsport.

Wider weather episode

Several landslides were reported in Western Washington as recent rains break loose steeper hillsides.

An unoccupied Pacific home was destroyed Wednesday morning after it was hit by a slide on West Valley Highway. The force of the slide knocked down several walls of the house.

A mudslide on West Valley Highway in Auburn closed the road between 15th and 37th.

A landslide has closed Marine View Drive from East 11th Street to Slayden Road in Tacoma.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 499439. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.