The Pacific Northwest faces another week of persistent rainfall as a series of atmospheric river events line up across the eastern Pacific Ocean. Seattle and Portland could see 3 to 5 inches of rain through next Wednesday.
The National Weather Service has issued flood watches for low-lying areas along the Willamette and Skagit River valleys, where soil saturation is already near record levels for mid-April.
Forecasters say a pattern shift toward drier conditions is expected by late April, but the next 10 days will test drainage infrastructure and could trigger minor to moderate river flooding in vulnerable communities.
