{"id":175990,"date":"2025-12-09T20:32:12","date_gmt":"2025-12-09T20:32:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/175990\/"},"modified":"2025-12-09T20:32:12","modified_gmt":"2025-12-09T20:32:12","slug":"campers-rescued-in-gold-bar-after-skykomish-river-floods","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/175990\/","title":{"rendered":"Campers rescued in Gold Bar after Skykomish River floods"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Campers near Gold Bar had to be rescued after the Skykomish River reached flood stage Monday night.<\/p>\n<p>GOLD BAR, Wash. \u2014 Two campers were rescued from flood waters in Gold Bar after <a href=\"https:\/\/www.king5.com\/article\/weather\/western-washington-braces-for-widespread-flood-watch-as-heavy-rain-returns-next-week\/281-0aae4d34-4a06-4ef9-b5f0-cd4ba370ddc7\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">an atmospheric river resulted in major flooding<\/a> along the Skykomish on Monday night.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The campers were rescued by a Snohomish Fire boat and the female was taken to Evergreen Health Monroe to be evaluated. A deputy who assisted with the rescue said the campers believed they were on high enough ground, but they turned out to be mistaken.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Skykomish River, and other local rivers, are expected to flood through much of the rest of this week as an atmospheric river dumps inches of rain onto the lowlands.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Snohomish County deputies were dispatched Monday night to warn residents in Gold Bar of imminent flooding from the nearby Wallace River, which is connected to the Skykomish.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Roads were closed in the immediate area due to flooding. Officials say the river dike remains intact.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\nAtmospheric river increases landslide, flooding risks                    <\/p>\n<p>All of western Washington is under a <a href=\"https:\/\/forecast.weather.gov\/wwamap\/wwatxtget.php?cwa=SEW&amp;wwa=flood%2520watch\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">flood watch through Friday<\/a>. Additionally, Flood Warnings were issued for a handful of rivers on Monday night.<\/p>\n<p>At least nine rivers are forecasted to reach &#8220;major&#8221; flood stage this week. The National Weather Service also warned that the potential for landslides and debris flows, especially over burn scars, will increase with the drenching rain.<\/p>\n<p>The NWS predicts heavy rains will persist through mid-week, with more potential for showers on Thursday and Friday.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The National Weather Service warns residents to never drive or walk through flood waters. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports that most flood-related deaths occur when a vehicle is driven into hazardous water, or when people are attempting to walk through or near flood waters. Six inches of fast-moving flood water can knock over an adult. Just 12 inches of rushing water can carry away most cars.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Campers near Gold Bar had to be rescued after the Skykomish River reached flood stage Monday night. GOLD&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":175991,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[273,111,139,69,147],"class_list":{"0":"post-175990","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-environment","8":"tag-environment","9":"tag-new-zealand","10":"tag-newzealand","11":"tag-nz","12":"tag-science"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/175990","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=175990"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/175990\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/175991"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=175990"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=175990"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=175990"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}