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LIVE UPDATES: Mudslide, road closures across Western Washington
SEATTLE – An atmospheric river is sending rounds of heavy rain into the Puget Sound area this week, causing river flooding across the region.
Flooding in Sumner, Washington. (FOX 13 Seattle)
A Flood Watch remains in effect for western Washington, with six rivers expected to reach major flood stage. FOX 13 Seattle is also monitoring potential power outages and landslides.
Keep reading for live weather updates for Tuesday, Dec. 9.
6:54 a.m.: Road closures caused by flooding in Sumner, WA
FOX 13 Seattle crews are in Sumner, where multiple vehicles appear to be almost completely submerged in floodwaters. (FOX 13 Seattle)
According to the City of Sumner, Houston Road is closed in both directions at Valley Avenue due to flooding. The city is asking travelers to use an alternate route.
6:45 a.m.: State Route 202 in Fall City is closed
The Washington State Department of Transportation said SR 202 at 203 in Fall City is closed in both directions due to water on the roadway.
Drivers should expect delays.
6:15 a.m.: Mudslide on eastbound I-90 at North Bend; highway reopens
Eastbound I-90 at North Bend was closed overnight due to a mudslide.
Crews reopened the roadway after clearing the scene.
6:10 a.m.: Several school delays, closures
Some Western Washington school districts will be closed or delayed on Tuesday, Dec. 9 because of weather.
Here is a full list.
5:00 a.m.: Flood Watch upgraded to Flood Warning in Skagit County, WA
The National Weather Service has issued a Flood Warning for the Skagit River near Concrete after upgrading the area from a Flood Watch late Monday. Forecasters expect the river to crest twice this week, reaching more than 32 feet Tuesday afternoon and nearly 37 feet on Thursday – both above major flood stage. Similar peaks are predicted in Mount Vernon on Wednesday and Friday. Skagit County emergency officials are monitoring conditions and closing affected roads, urging drivers to avoid flooded areas and obey barricades.
View Skagit County road closures here.
Seattle weather Tuesday forecast
After seeing some wet and windy weather Monday, the Puget Sound region got a break from the rain during the daylight hours Tuesday as steady rain dipped south into Oregon.
The next round of heavy persistent rain is expected to arrive after sunset Tuesday and continue through Wednesday.
The Skykomish River at Gold Bar and the Snoqualmie River at Carnation are forecast to crest Tuesday evening into early Wednesday morning at major flood stage.
Seattle weather forecast for Wednesday
Heavy rain will continue to fall on Wednesday during the daylight hours, and it will finally weaken Wednesday night. Breezy wind will still be present across the area.
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Trinity Rodman signs record deal with Washington Spirit
USWNT forward Trinity Rodman signed a three-year deal with the NWSL’s Washington Spirit. The deal makes Rodman the highest-paid female footballer in the world.
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Washington Spirit goalkeeper Aubrey Kingsbury has announced that she and her husband Matt are expecting a baby in July.
The couple made the announcement in a video on the Spirit’s social media channels, holding a baby goalkeeper jersey on the pitch at Audi Field.
Kingsbury becomes the most recent Spirit star to go on maternity leave, following defender Casey Krueger, midfielder Andi Sullivan and forward Ashley Hatch.
Sullivan gave birth to daughter Millie in July, while Hatch welcomed her son Leo in January.
Krueger announced she was pregnant with her second child in October.
Kingsbury has served as the Spirit’s starting goalkeeper since 2018, and has been named the NWSL Goalkeeper of the Year twice (2019 and 2021).
The 34-year-old has two caps with the U.S. women’s national team, and was named to the 2023 World Cup roster.
The club captain will leave a major void for the Spirit, who have finished as NWSL runner-up in back-to-back seasons.
Sandy MacIver and Kaylie Collins are expected to compete for the starting role while Kingsbury is on maternity leave.
The Spirit kick off their 2026 campaign on March 13 against the Portland Thorns.
YAKIMA, Wash. — Yakima could soon take a major step toward redesigning Sixth Avenue after the Washington State Public Works Board awarded the city a $985,600 loan.
The loan was approved for the design engineering phase of the Sixth Avenue project. The funding can also be used along Sixth Avenue for utility replacement and updated ADA use.
The Yakima City Council must decide whether to accept the award. If the council accepts it, the city’s engineering work will move forward with the design of Sixth Avenue.
The cost of installing trolley lines is excluded from the plan. The historic trolleys would need to raise the funds required to add trolley lines.
The award is scheduled to be discussed during next week’s City Council meeting.
Microsoft will ramp up its investment in the University of Washington.
Brad Smith, the company’s president, made the announcement at a press conference with University of Washington President Robert Jones on Tuesday.
That means hiring more UW graduates as interns at Microsoft, he said.
And he said all students, faculty, and researchers should have access to free, or at least deeply-discounted, AI.
“ Some of it is compute that Microsoft is donating, and some of it is pursuant to an agreement where, believe me, we give the University of Washington probably the best pricing that anybody’s gonna find anywhere,” Smith said. He assured the small group of reporters present that it would be “many millions of dollars of additional computational resources.”
The announcement today didn’t include any specific numbers.
But Smith said Microsoft has already invested $165 million in the UW over several decades.
He pointed to Jones’ vision to spur “radical collaborations with businesses and communities to advance positive change,” and eliminate “any artificial barriers between the university and the communities it serves.”
Microsoft’s goal is for AI to help UW researchers solve some of the world’s biggest problems without introducing new ones.
At Tuesday’s announcement, several research students were present to demonstrate how AI supports their work.
Amelia Keyser-Gibson is an environmental scientist at the UW. She’s using AI to analyze photographs of vines, to find which adapt best to climate change.
It’s a paradox: AI produces carbon emissions. At the same time, it’s also a new tool to help reduce them.
So how do those things square for Keyser-Gibson?
“ That’s a great question, and honestly, I don’t know the answer to that,” she said. “I’m highly aware that there’s a lot of environmental impact of using AI, but what I can say is that this has allowed us to make research innovations that wouldn’t have been possible otherwise.”
“If we had had to manually annotate every single image that would’ve been an undergrad doing that for hours,” Keyser-Gibson continued. “And we didn’t have the budget. We didn’t have the manpower to do that.”
“AI exists. If we don’t use it as researchers, we’re gonna fall behind.”
Microsoft reports on its own carbon emissions. But like most AI companies, it doesn’t reveal everything.
That’s one reason another UW student named Zhihan Zhang is using AI to estimate how much energy AI is using.
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