Flooding Concerns Minimal in Yakima
Volunteer teams with the Yakima Office of Emergency Management are working every night this week watching area waters for any signs of flooding. Horace Ward Senior Emergency Planner says the 4 teams started work over the weekend as temperatures were on the rise with lots of melting snow. However Ward says the concern about flooding throughout the county this week is minimal. In fact he says many of the creek beds around the valley are still muddy or dry and of no concern. Much of the snow around the area has melted but there s still a potential for a rise in water the reason the teams are monitoring the streams and creeks this week especially in areas like Cottonwood and Wide Hollow areas where the valley traditionally sees minor flooding.
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Officials Continue to Monitor Rattlesnake Hills Landslide
It s still sliding but the landslide in Union Gap has slowed considerably from when it was discovered in 2017. Horace Ward with the Yakima Office of Emergency Management says they continue to monitor the Rattlesnake Hills Landslide in Union Gap but there s been little movement over the years. Ward says some monitoring stations on the mountain haven t seen any movement in months. Currently he says the slide is moving at between .02 to .15 feet per week. So while there s still movement it s very slow and not a concern for emergency officials. Ward says it could be upwards of 50 years or more before there s any major movement that could be of concern. He says the office as well as state officials continue to monitor the area.
WA sees second derailment in two days after truck collides with train in Yakima County
A train derailment in Yakima County. (Yakima Office of Emergency Management)
Washington state saw its second derailment in as many days Wednesday, after a semi-truck collided with a BNSF train in Yakima County two miles east of Mabton.
The collision derailed three engines and seven cars of the train. The semi-truck had farm equipment attached to it, and at this time, it’s unclear whether it had stalled out on the tracks, or had unsuccessfully tried to make it across before the train arrived.
There were minor injuries to at least two BNSF employees from the collision, but no major injuries to anyone involved.