United States Sen. Patty Murray met with community members and local officials Thursday to discuss federal investments in climate resilience and progress on preventing flooding in Seattle's South Park neighborhood. Murray said she is working to direct $3 million in funding toward drainage improvements and storm water management. "What I'm focused on is helping the community get resiliency so when they get floods, when they get king tides, when we get those extreme storms, that there is drainage for the water to flow out," Murray said. "That's one of the reasons there were so many problems last December, when the huge storm came through." Read more: https://www.king5.com/article/tech/science/environment/senator-murray-south-park-flooding-prevention-pledge/281-fac5b937-b517-4c6c-a294-50fc6e3094c0