TUKWILA, Wash. (AP) — Crews used sandbags to shore up an earthen levee south of Seattle on Monday after a small section of it failed following a week of heavy rains, prompting an evacuation order covering parts of three suburbs, an official said.

FOX 13 Seattle anchors Hana Kim and Erin Mayovsky are joined by Derek Speck of the City of Tukwila, bringing the latest updates in the wake of a "potentially life-threatening" flash flood warning following a levee failure on the Green River.

The Hood Canal Bridge has reopened after it was closed for hours early Monday afternoon. High winds prompted the bridge's closure. Highway 410 has "significantly worsened since last week, according to the Enumclaw Police Department.

Tukwila Police clarified evacuation orders were for a specific industrial area and not residential or commercial districts.

Evacuations have been ordered in three Seattle suburbs after a levee failed amid historic flooding in the Pacific Northwest.

A levee was breached on the rising Green River early Monday afternoon, just east of Seattle-Tacoma International Airport in western Washington, as another atmospheric river dumps rain over the Pacific Northwest.

TUKWILA, Wash. (AP) — A man who drove past warning signs was found dead early Tuesday in a car submerged in floodwaters near Seattle, officials said, in the first reported death following a week of heavy rain and flooding in the region.

TUKWILA, Washington, EE.UU. (AP) — Los residentes cerca de un dique roto en el estado de Washington recibieron órdenes de evacuar el martes, solo unas horas después de que se levantara una alerta de evacuación para los residentes cerca de otro dique roto en el mismo condado.