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Flooding

Howard Hanson Dam

US Army Corps of Engineers web site with dam information –
http://www.nws.usace.army.mil/PublicMenu/Doc_list.cfm?sitename=HHD&pagename=Pool_Restriction

Flood Preparation

American Red Cross Serving King & Kitsap Counties Flood Safety Tips – http://arc-seattle.axxiomportal.com/show.aspx?mi=4524

American Red Cross Serving King & Kitsap Counties - http://www.seattleredcross.org/show.aspx?mi=4006  click on floods and what to do after a flood  

Preparedness Information for King County residents – http://www.kingcounty.gov/safety/prepare/FloodPlan_GRiverBasin.aspx  (this website has several languages)

FloodSmart.gov
http://www.floodsmart.gov – for more information about flood insurance, preparation, recovery, and others

Public Health Seattle & King County: Health and medical flood preparedness – Green River Basin –
http://www.kingcounty.gov/healthservices/health/preparedness/greenriverbasin.aspx

Public Health Seattle & King County - How to clean a house after a flood
http://www.kingcounty.gov/healthservices/health/preparedness/disaster/flood-house.aspx

Washington State Military Emergency Management Division - Green River Valley Flood Information
http://www.emd.wa.gov/activations/GreenRiverFlooding.shtml

Sign Up to Receive Emergency Alerts and Information

Regional Public Information Network (RPIN)
www.rpin.org - sign up to receive updates on flooding, traffic, shelters and other emergencies.

Social media
http://twitter.com/kcalerts - sign up to receive updated flood information via realtime “tweets.”

City of Auburn Emergency Management – to receive messages via TTY, voice landline or cell phone, email, and SMS (type in your phone number and check cell phone. It will show the list of your cell provider. After you choose the provider, then check on that says receive text message if available)
http://www.auburnwa.gov/disaster - click on Auburn Alert
(253) 876-1925 to register if you have no access to the internet

City of Kent Emergency Management – to receive messages via TTY, voice landline or cell phone, email, and SMS (type in your phone number and check cell phone. It will show the list of your cell provider. After you choose the provider, then check on that says receive text message if available)
http://www.kentcodered.com
Those without Internet access may contact Kent Emergency Management at 253-856-4440, Monday through Friday, 7:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. to request a registration form by mail.

City of Kent Emergency Management Emer-Gram
http://www.ci.kent.wa.us/emergencymanagement/index.aspx?id=2670

City of Renton Emergency Management – to receive messages via TTY, voice landline or cell phone, email, and SMS (type in your phone number and check cell phone. It will show the list of your cell provider. After you choose the provider, then check on that says receive text message if available)
http://rentonwa.gov – click on CodeRed

City of Tukwila Howard Hanson Dam eList - http://www.ci.tukwila.wa.us/listserv/hhdam_elist.html

Public Health Seattle & King County
http://www.kingcounty.gov/healthservices/health/preparedness/greenriverbasin.aspx - click on Get Green River Basin flood preparedness e-mail updates

The Emergency Email.and Wireless Network – register to receive messages via email, SMS, fax, voice cell phone.
http://emergencyemail.org/ - click on Washington State and then King County.
When you register, specify how you want to receive a message and also select Pacific for time zone

Emergency Information on Flooding

City of Auburn
http://www.auburnwa.gov/Emergency/disaster.asp

City of Kent – Green River/Howard Hanson Dam
http://www.ci.kent.wa.us/emergencymanagement/index.aspx?id=2636

City of Renton Emergency Management
http://www.rentonwa.gov/emergencies/

City of Tukwila
http://www.ci.tukwila.wa.us

King County Flood Warning Center
206-296-4535 or 800-768-7932 - 24 hours during a flood to answer questions and provide information
206-296-8200 or 800-945-9263 - recorded flood phase information for area rivers
www.kingcounty.gov/flood - real-time flood gage data and flood phase information
www.kingcounty.gov/floodplans - regional information of activities before and during flood disaster

National Weather Service Forecast Office
www.wrh.noaa.gov/sew/ find out if heavy rain is forecast, and if the Green River is under a flood watch.
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Local Emergency Management Contacts

Local Emergency Management agencies provide information to citizens in their cities. These agencies don’t have information about other cities. Please contact your city agency for information.

King County Office of Emergency Management (unincorporated King County citizens)
3511 NE 2nd St
Renton, WA 98056-4192
206-205-4034
206-296-3830 V/TTY (main line)
greenriver.kcoem@kingcounty.gov 

City of Kent – Dominic Marzano       253-856-4316 dmarzano@ci.kent.wa.us

City of Auburn – Sarah Miller            253-876-1925 skmiller@auburnwa.gov

City of Tukwila – Hillman Mitchell   206-433-7182 hillman@ci.tukwila.wa.us

City of Renton – Rachel Myers 425-430-7054 rmyers@rentonwa.gov

Other

King County 2-1-1
Have disaster resources such as where to go for shelters, information about disaster and others.
2-1-1 voice & TTY
206-461-3610 TTY
206-461-3200 V
www.211kingcounty.org

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