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Howard Hanson Dam
October 28, 2009 by Tamara Sevigny, Customer Care Director

Residents, businesses and farms below the Howard Hanson Dam in the Green River Valley should prepare for a higher risk of flooding. The higher risk is due to water seeping more rapidly through an earthen bank next to the dam after record high water last winter. Until the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) can make repairs, it must limit the amount of flood water it stores behind the dam. If heavy rain and prolonged rain occurs this flood season (roughly October through March), many homes and businesses in the valley that don’t typically see flood water–including parts of Auburn, Kent, Renton, South Seattle and Tukwila–could be flooded. Prepare now to help keep your family and property safe when the rain comes by checking out the following websites: www.kingcounty.gov/floodplans, www.floodsmart.gov, www.takewinterbystorm.org, or www.seattleredcross.org. For additional resources please call Tamara; Director of Customer Care at (253) 893-7161.

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