The US Forest Service just issued the following closure notice:
“Sno-Parks and trails are closed to public use until further notice due to falling tree hazards caused from heavy snow loads.” Announcement
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Emergency
Washington State DOT just issued the following closure: ”US 2 is closed from milepost 64 at the summit to milepost 84 at Coles Conner due to a collision near milepost 79″.
The closure is due to both a collision and the high danger caused by falling trees. WSDOT
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The Lake Wenatchee State Park, including Lake Wenatchee motorized and non motorized Sno-Parks are closed until further notice due to heavy snow fall, breaking limbs and falling trees which create a safety risk to park visitors. The Fish Lake and Lake Wenatchee SnoParks specifically are being used by Chelan County PUD as staging areas for work [...]
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Highway 2 is closed from Stevens Pass to Coles Corner due to multiple fatalities and accidents. Snow continues to gently fall just adding to the snow loaded trees. Limbs and trees continue to fall and it is rumored the PUD plans to start pulling crews out of some areas due to the danger. Just under [...]
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Weather forecasts are warning of very heavy rain, high temps, rapidly melting snow, high winds and rapidly rising lake and river levels for tonight and tomorrow for the Lake Wenatchee area. The current warning states:
HEAVY RAIN IS FORECAST OVER WESTERN CHELAN COUNTY FROM LEAVENWORTH TO PLAIN EXTENDING WEST TO THE CASCADE CREST. HEAVY RAIN AND [...]
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