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Heavy Rain — King, Washington

January 6, 2022 · NOAA Storm Events record

Direct deaths
1
Direct injuries
0
Property damage
—
Area
King

Event narrative (NOAA)

Heavy rain and snow melt on saturated soils caused a landslide in this residential neighborhood, believed to have swept away or buried a man. The slide area is the size of multiple football fields and 15 feet deep.

Other notable heavy rain events in Washington

Jefferson · August 21, 20011 killedPierce · November 4, 2006$36.0MKing · February 9, 2017$33.0MKing · 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.

Heavy Rain — King, Washington, January 6, 2022 | DisasterAtlasUSA