Washinton State Hit By Severe Weather 30,000 Evacuated

Washington State, hit by storms that caused massive flooding, mudslides, avalanches and the evacuation of 30,000 people from western Washington.

State officials closed a 20-mile stretch of I-5, other routes such as the state's three major east-west routes across the Cascade mountains due to avalanches.

The National Weather Service issued flood warnings for about two dozen rivers in western Washington, and Amtrak passenger train service out of Seattle was suspended because of mudslides.

Current information on state highways is available at www.wsdot.wa.gov, with county-by-county closure lists at www.wsdot.wa.gov/news/update.

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