Flooding causes road closure and evacuations near Gardner Road, Burlington WA
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Road ClosureFlooding near Gardner Road led to a road closure and evacuation orders. Some homes still have occupants, and emergency personnel are checking on their safety.
Audio|Heard on: Washington State Patrol - Skagit & Island County Dispatch
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00:46
Transcript:
00:00
There are a couple of houses that have family staying.
00:04
Everybody else has been evacuated out of this intersection area.
00:07
I will try to work on the closure on the west side of this flood area here on Red Jordan Road.
00:14
They must be five and could agree.
00:15
I'm hovering.
00:26
I'm trying to contact occupants near SR 20.
00:31
Looks like they're pretty swamped in and I think there's somebody inside.
00:35
I've got another couple of people out here.
00:38
They're going to go move to the road closure sign a little closer to the water.
00:42
It's at Gardner Road right now and everybody's coming off Peter Anderson trying to get around.
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Location mentioned:
Gardner Rd, Washington 98233
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