No corner of Lewis County was spared from the near-constant rainfall early this week. The technical name for the now-dissipating storm is an “atmospheric river.” On average, …
Midday on Monday, the surface of the Cowlitz River at Randle sat at 6 feet of elevation. Just after 9:30 p.m. Tuesday night, it had reached 20 feet. The National Weather Service …
CENTRALIA It’s just before 1 p.m. Tuesday, and the National Weather Service has issued Flood Warnings for parts of the Chehalis, Newaukum and Cowlitz rivers. The warning is set to stay …
Following a recent outage of telephone landlines and cellphone networks, Lewis County Emergency Management wants to remind residents how to contact 911 if service is unavailable. In a Wednesday …
Preparation and readiness dominated the conversation during Lewis County’s annual flood meeting Thursday morning, while forecasters said predictions of a drier winter don’t assure the …