More than 80 plaintiffs filed suit Monday alleging that county officials knew their levee systems were failing and caused damage to homes and businesses.
PACIFIC, Wash. — Sharon Flannery was asleep when she heard the helicopter in the early hours of Dec. 16, 2025.
“Evacuate now. Evacuate now.”
The 30-year Pacific resident grabbed her oxygen tank, her medications, and a half-packed suitcase and made it to her garage where 5 inches of cold, dark water was already rising.
She drove 75 yards before her car died. She was rescued by boat, pulled through a door as freezing water gushed in around her.
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