Evacuations and Evacuees

• 100,000 in Washington State Ordered to Evacuate as Rivers Rise - Days of heavy rain pushed waterways to record flood levels in a mountainous region north of Seattle. “Do not wait,” local officials warned residents, urging them to seek higher ground.
• Canada Closes Highways to Vancouver After Flooding and Landslides - The atmospheric river over the Pacific Northwest brought a deluge to British Columbia, forcing road closures and evacuations in Canada.
• Washington Faces Heavy Rain and Flooding From Atmospheric River - Tens of thousands of people there and in nearby British Columbia were poised to evacuate as heavy rain caused flooding and sent rivers rising to dangerous levels.
• In Thailand and Cambodia, Taking Shelter (Again) as Fighting Reignites - Hundreds of thousands of people fled a deadly border conflict, the authorities said, some sheltering at a racetrack in Thailand and some near temples in Cambodia.
• Thailand Launches Airstrikes on Cambodia in New Wave of Violence - Each side accused the other of firing first. The fighting came weeks after President Trump had cast himself as a peacemaker in the decades-old border dispute.
• Sri Lanka Declares ‘Largest’ Disaster as Cyclone Death Toll Rises to 355 - The president called the nationwide flooding the largest and most challenging natural disaster in the island’s history, as emergency rescue efforts continue.