Washington gov declares state of emergency amid historic flooding

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Washington gov declares state of emergency amid historic flooding  Washington Gov. Bob Ferguson declares a statewide emergency as record flooding triggers evacuations and road closures.   various sources / AFP  Subscribe to The Manila Times Channel - https://tmt.ph/YTSubscribe Visit our website at [https://www.manilatimes.net](https://www.manilatimes.net/)  Follow us: Facebook - https://tmt.ph/facebook Instagram - https://tmt.ph/instagram Twitter - https://tmt.ph/twitter DailyMotion - https://tmt.ph/dailymotion  Subscribe to our Digital Edition - https://tmt.ph/digital  Check out our Podcasts: Spotify - https://tmt.ph/spotify Apple Podcasts - https://tmt.ph/applepodcasts Amazon Music - https://tmt.ph/amazonmusic Deezer: https://tmt.ph/deezer Stitcher: https://tmt.ph/stitcher Tune In: https://tmt.ph/tunein  #TheManilaTimes #WorldNews

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00:00I'm going to tell you if you see if we're going to start driving around.

00:30My brother and mom had a vlogger's crap with a lot of beer and stuff like that.

01:00Numerous highway closures.

01:09We walked through the flood levels.

01:11We walked through tens of thousands of Washingtonians being evacuated.

01:17And we tried to be as persuasive as we could to our partners in the federal government

01:23that they need to approve that emergency right away.

01:27I have another meeting with FEMA representatives on highways.

01:30The number of highways, significant highways that have closed since last night has doubled.

01:36We're now at 30 or 31 highways across our region that have closed, including here in Skagit

01:42County, SR20 and SR530, those due to flooding.

01:46So it's a major impact, obviously, to our state in many, many ways.

01:51I just highlight that as one example of the evolving situation we're facing.

01:54We're literally overnight, we double the number of highways, major highways that have closed.

02:00The situation is, the word that was used by, in the briefing earlier was, is unpredictable.

02:09And that's when we want to communicate to Washingtonians, this situation is extremely unpredictable.

02:15We're using the best information we can to provide guidance to people of the state, but

02:18it is unpredictable.

02:20And I just want to emphasize that if you have instructions to evacuate from your local authorities,

02:27please, please, please evacuate.

02:31You know, your life is extremely important to us.

02:35We're trying to do everything we possibly can to communicate the gravity of the situation,

02:38the people of the state of Washington.

03:06You know, you have a lot of resources.

03:08You know, your life is very important.

03:12You know, your life is extremely important to us.

03:15This system is not easy to take place in the situation, but you need to be in the situation.

03:20You know, this system's a lot of problems, and you know.

03:24You know, this system's a lot of problems, and you know.

03:25It's very important to us.

03:27It's very important, you know.

03:28But, you know, this system is complete.

03:32And the system is really important in order to look at the�s.

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