Abby Yates has seen horrible flooding earlier than, however the flooding occurring now in her Whatcom County, Washington, group feels completely different.
“It’s been very scary,” Yates, an emergency response group member from the Nooksack Tribe, advised NCS. “You can literally hear these giant boulders going down, huge cedar trees going down the river. It’s just really unbelievable.”
Her group continues to be recovering from the 2021 floods, however is now coping with new devastating impacts, she advised Kate Bolduan on NCS News Central this morning.
Yates highlighted the speedy motion of the floodwaters, which she mentioned appeared sooner than in 2021. “It was higher then, at my home, than it was this time, but the water was much faster this time,” she mentioned.
“People literally just got their homes fixed, or are still in the process of fixing their homes from the last major flood in 2021, and it’s been really devastating – to finally feel like they have their home back, they have that sense of security – and now they’re starting all over again,” Yates advised NCS.