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'Depressed, stressed, and under the weather.' Washington families take refuge at emergency flood shelters

Hundreds of families across Washington state have had to leave their homes because of catastrophic river flooding. Many have found a warm place to sleep at emergency, congregate shelters.
- Casey Martin
Washington’s biggest polluter ordered to keep burning coal by Trump administration

Two weeks before Washington state’s biggest source of climate pollution was required to end its five decades of burning coal, the Trump administration has given it a new lease on life.
- John Ryan
How to 'take care of business' when your wastewater treatment site becomes a flood zone

King County Executive Girmay Zahilay gave a shout out this week to a county employee who went above and beyond in the midst of area flooding. Tyler Stiltner is the senior operator in charge at the wastewater treatment site in Carnation. He told KUOW’s Paige Browning about what happened.
- Paige Browning
Northwest just finished warmest fall on record, scientists report

Across the Northwest, a record warm fall and lack of snowpack going into the winter is putting more drought pressure on Oregon, Idaho, Washington, and western Montana.
- Alex Baumhardt/Oregon Capital Chronicle
Hundreds evacuate in south King County as flood barrier fails

Hundreds of people in Auburn and Pacific — in the south end of King County — were forced to leave their homes early Tuesday morning because of the flooding White River.
- Casey Martin
'It felt like a movie.' Whatcom County couple watched as their house was swept down the river

Mike Khazak and Sarah Hansen rushed to save themselves, their dogs, and their goats last week as their home in Deming, Washington, was swept into the Nooksack River. The dramatic moment was captured in a viral video that circulated across the country and around the world.
- Kim Malcolm
Flooding is a familiar foe on the Lummi Reservation

“We seem to be experiencing catastrophic flooding every few years,” Hillaire said.
- John Ryan
New report finds the Arctic continues to warm faster than the planet as a whole

This year's Arctic Report Card from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration finds that the northernmost part of the Earth is warming faster than the global average, leading to melting glaciers, shifting fish populations, and rivers running orange.
- Barbara Moran
Army takeover of Skagit dams lowers flood waters

The Army Corps of Engineers was able to reduce flooding on the Skagit River with emergency operations of two hydropower dams upstream.
- John Ryan
How Cat Bonds help people recover from climate disasters

After the hurricane in Jamaica, the government had a pot of money to help rebuild, called the Catastrophe Bonds payout.

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