(CNN) -- River waters spread over highways and farms, towns and parks in Washington on Thursday, shutting down traffic on a 20-mile stretch of heavily traveled Interstate 5 between Seattle and Oregon and threatening the federal roadway north of Seattle. Kurtis Wolfe, 20, of Fife, Washington, walks back to dry land after recovering a few belongings on Thursday. <http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/weather/01/09/floods.washington/index.html#> "If you're trying to do commerce between Portland (Oregon) and Seattle, there is no way right now," said Bob Calkins, a spokesman for the Washington State Emergency Operations Center in Camp Murray, near Tacoma. "That's the major way into Washington state from Oregon." Flooding south of Seattle near Chehalis covered parts of I-5 with 30 inches of water, prompting its closure until at least Monday, state transportation officials said. And state and local roads were also victims of the water.
-- Posted By Breaking News to Break News at 1/09/2009 10:51:00 AM
