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Okanogan County flash flood, mudslide damages 2 homes

Jun 7, 2022, 8:51 AM
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A flash flood and mudslide Friday afternoon in Okanogan County damaged two homes, according to county emergency management officials.

Emergency management officials said the mudslide happened amid thunderstorms in a burn scar area with mud and water running down through Lightning Creek south of Wauconda, KREM reported.

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Witnesses said water was 10 to 15 feet (3 to 4.6 meters) high through the narrow part of the creek channel. The slide reportedly took down trees while moving over a forest service road before fanning out, hitting two houses and pushing outbuildings up to one of the houses, officials said.

A couple was in one of the homes and evacuated by neighbors. No injuries were reported.

Bonaparte Lake Road was temporarily blocked at milepost 2 and power had been knocked out temporarily to about 15 homes, officials said.

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Okanogan County flash flood, mudslide damages 2 homes