Kelso - The
Cowlitz County Board of Commissioners formally declared a flood emergency at
10:20 pm on December 8th, 2015. The Incident Command Post opened at
8 pm. Emergency response teams have been established to provide traffic control
and assist residents needing to evacuate. Schools have been cancelled in all
areas except Toutle-Lake and Woodland
Major flooding has occurred in downtown Kalama and essential
city services have been transferred to other locations. City Hall has been
moved to the Kalama Community Center, fire district operations are
headquartered at the Cloverdale Station, and Kalama Police are working out of
the Hall of Justice in Kelso.
Kalama River Road has multiple slides, stranding over 800
households along the Kalama River. The County has an engineer and multiple road
crews on site working to open the road as soon as possible. Residents are urged
to stay home until emergency crews can clear the road.
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