Extreme Weather Batters Northwest: 100K+ Evacuated Amid Floods, Landslides

Relentless heavy rainfall has battered the northwestern United States, particularly western Washington state, over the last several days, triggering widespread flooding, landslides, and mass evacuations. According to a ReliefWeb update from FEMA, media, NOAA, and the Weather Prediction Center on December 12, 2025, 93 people remain displaced in shelters as of December 11, with residents of Cowlitz and Pierce counties, including members of the Yakama Nation and Sauk-Suiattle Tribe, under evacuation orders. Skagit County prepares to evacuate up to 75,000 people, bringing the total under orders to more than 100,000 across multiple counties and 22 tribes that have received emergency or disaster declarations. Eight shelters operate amid the chaos, while over 30 roads stand closed due to mud and flooding, and the US Sumas Crossing bars commercial vehicles.

Washington state declared a state of emergency on December 10 as conditions worsened. Forecasts from the same ReliefWeb report call for more moderate rainfall in western Washington on December 12 and 13, offering slim relief after days of pounding storms. Locally, Issaquah officials confirm Issaquah Creek has crested with no further rise expected, though flooded roads remain hazardous.

This deluge underscores a pattern of extreme weather in 2025, following catastrophic events earlier in the year. Central Texas endured a 100-year flood along the Guadalupe River on July 4, where waters surged 26 feet in 45 minutes, killing at least 135, including 36 children, per Disaster Philanthropy reports. Powerful tornadoes on May 16 ravaged St. Louis with an EF-3 twister that claimed five lives, mostly in underfunded areas, adding to 28 deaths across Kentucky and Missouri. Southern California wildfires in January, driven by hurricane-force Santa Ana winds, inflicted 112 billion dollars in damages, surpassing Hurricane Katrina's toll according to EcoFlow analysis.

Nationwide, 724 tornadoes have struck by May, killing 35, amid National Weather Service staffing cuts hampering forecasts. These back-to-back disasters highlight intensifying flood and storm risks in a warming climate, straining emergency responses and displacing thousands.

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