Ocean Shores, WA, emergency declared: Storms, flooding, erosion

The latest round of wet weather has brought times of urban flooding. While high tides and wind-driven waves threaten infrastructure in one community on the coast, Fox 13's Jennifer Dowling is tracking the weather impacts from Edmonds. Falling leaves are an issue right now because they can easily clog storm drains as you can see here. We talked to people in Edmonds, Seattle and beyond about how this recent round of wet weather is impacting them. Squirt's a good good boy. In weather like this, Kate Lund does her best to keep her dog Squirt's coat and paws clean and pristine at his doggy daycare. They had a cancellation for baths so we were able to get him a partial groom and a bath so he's coming home Home bright and clean. Despite the rain. But in weather like this. Oh, such a challenge, yes. It's an uphill battle. The ground is wet, and this little guy is small. He likes to roll around in the grass, and yeah, so our carpets feel it. Residents around the Sound aren't only worried about keeping their dogs clean, but also their storm drains as well. I manage a team that works with residents in Seattle and actions that they can take that can protect SPU's infrastructure and our water quality. Seattle Public Utilities crews are doing their best to prevent street flooding as falling leaves fill storm drains. We found this one on Broad Street in Seattle clogged Tuesday night. The biggest thing that residents can do right now is that when all these leaves are falling in the fall and our rains are coming to take a moment to rake those leaves out away from the drains and dispose of them appropriately so that when that rain comes the rain can be. Flow down the drain the way it's supposed to. Meantime, on the coast, it was the surf that was shocking folks there. In Ocean Shores, Susan Canary took this video, telling FOX 13 the waves and the tide took everyone by surprise, coming up higher and pushing further inland than anyone expected. Police and fire telling people there to stay off the beaches Tuesday through Wednesday due to the, quote, powerful storm. The mayor also issuing a citywide emergency proclamation saying the storms have resulted in significant shoreline erosion, coastal flooding. ...prolonged electrical outages and disruptions to critical municipal infrastructure. The city also releasing this video on historic erosion, saying previous efforts to stabilize affected shorelines have been compromised by continued storm conditions. The city also said it's working to identify emergency stabilization measures. Crews seen moving in boulders this week. As for how clean Squirt and Kate's other dog Wally will stay tonight... The leaves will stick to Squirt and he brings them in the house and there you go, right? Right, it's, they're everywhere. We'll put all these tips from city officials in our story at fox13seattle.com. Reporting from Edmonds, Jennifer Dowling, Fox 13 News.