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Seattle, King County implement changes to mitigate King Tide flooding
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It's been a long year for those who live in Seattle's South Park community.
"We just got our whole house back. The basement was unusable and under construction for nine full months," said resident Jill Reese.
Reese and Andy Cenarrusa spoke with KING 5 last December when the bottom half of their house flooded after a King Tide overtopped the Duwamish River.
"Our lives were disrupted this entire year basically," said Reese.
Now, the Puget Sound area is a week away from the first of three King Tides of the season. "It's hard to imagine that we're ever going to go back to a place where there isn't a big risk of being under water every year," said Reese.
Seattle Public Utilities (SPU) and King County's Wastewater Treatment Division said they've completed major fixes ahead of this wet season, starting with a more robust sandbag wall.
Read the full story: https://www.king5.com/article/news/local/new-improvements-mitigate-flooding-south-park/281-600c240d-ee7f-4249-bfc8-2a3a392d1d55