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Heavy Rain — King, Washington

February 9, 2017 · NOAA Storm Events record

Direct deaths
0
Direct injuries
0
Property damage
$33.0M
Area
King

Event narrative (NOAA)

Heavy rain and storm runoff damaged the West Point sewage treatment plant in Seattle. King county dumped an estimated 235 million gallons of untreated wastewater - including 30 million gallons of raw sewage - into Puget Sound because of damage to the plant. The plant could not perform full wastewater treatment as required by the state permit until May 9th, as reported by the Seattle Times.

Other notable heavy rain events in Washington

King · January 6, 20221 killedJefferson · August 21, 20011 killedPierce · November 4, 2006$36.0MKing · December 29, 1996$31.5MKitsap · December 2, 2007$30.0MThurston · December 3, 2007$14.0M

Source: NOAA/NCEI Storm Events Database. Deaths and injuries are those NOAA classifies as direct. Damage is the reporting office's estimate at the time and is not inflation-adjusted. This is a catalogue record, not a forecast.

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