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The Skagit River (/ ˈ s k æ dʒ ɪ t / SKAJ-it) is a river in southwestern British Columbia in Canada and northwestern Washington in the United States, approximately 150 mi (240 km) long. The river and its tributaries drain an area of 1.7 million acres (690,000 hectares) of the Cascade Range along the northern end of Puget Sound and flows ...
Heavy rain across parts of Washington caused heavy flooding in Mount Vernon on November 16.This footage, filmed by John Manso shows a road near the Skagit River inundated by floodwaters.According ...
Diablo Dam is one of three dams along the upper Skagit River in Whatcom County, Washington and part of the Skagit River Hydroelectric Project that supplies Seattle with some of its power needs. The dam was built in Diablo Canyon, a gorge of solid granite with vertical walls rising 160 feet (49 m) from the river bed, yet were less than 100 feet ...
"Sharing the Skagit, An Educator's Guide to the Skagit River Watershed". North Cascade Institute: 49–53. Archived from the original on 2006-05-02.
English: Looking south from the SR 536 bridge in downtown Mount Vernon, Washington, at the Skagit River during the November 2021 floods. Date 17 November 2021, 16:54:58
Skagit and Clallam counties also experienced major flooding events. [86] The Skagit River crested at 36.98 feet (11.27 m), near a record of 37.4 feet (11.4 m) set in 1990, but was held back in Mount Vernon by a downtown flood barrier installed in 2016. [87] The town of Hamilton was evacuated to shelters operated by the Red Cross on November 15 ...
The U.S. Geological Survey has installed a live, interactive camera at Congaree River below Cayce. The camera lets viewers see current conditions in real time. The camera lets viewers see current ...
The bridge carries a section of Interstate 5 (I-5) over the Skagit River between Mount Vernon and Burlington, in Washington state, about 60 miles (97 km) north of Seattle. I-5 is the primary highway between the metropolitan areas of Seattle and Vancouver, British Columbia .