Washington and the Pacific Northwest are facing multiple rounds of torrential downpours this week, raising flood risks in the region as residents are still grappling with last week’s historic rains.
Heavy rain was peaking Monday in Washington, where as much as 3 inches (8 centimeters) could fall throughout the day before another system arrives Wednesday followed by a third on Sunday, said Ashton Robinson Cook, a forecaster at the U.S. Weather Prediction Center. The storms stand to drop 7 inches to 10 inches of rain in areas already waterlogged from record flooding that prompted evacuation