Amtrak trains on Sunday were suspended as a precaution while crews cleared debris from tracks and railways review soaked by rain and the adjoining wall for stability, "said Gus Melonas, a spokesman paths Iron Burlington Northern Santa Fe (BNSF), which owns and operates railroads in the region.
Melonas Amtrak, said he expected at 0430 local time again Tuesday to South Seattle and 8 hours north of Seattle.
The exception of a few short breaks weekend has managed to keep their BNSF freight movement through the area, diverting trains on the tracks was not of landslides, said.
The National Weather Service issued flood warnings along the many river basins, following a mass of warm moist air from Hawaii, and nicknamed the Pineapple Express has swept the north-west with heavy rain, the Saturday and Sunday.
The storm poured 7-8 inches of rain in the mountains of northern and central Italy Cascades and Olympics, said weather service meteorologist Mike McFarland.
Although the sky began to clear on Monday, remained flood warnings for parts of nine rivers in much of southwest Washington from Bellingham to Olympia booked.
Three landslides caused by heavy rains hit western Washington on Saturday, sweeping a car-size blocks in a railway line in the area of the Columbia River Gorge, Wishram, Washington, said Melonas. A series of small slides have blocked railway traffic in the north of Seattle on Saturday in the vicinity of the Skykomish River on Sunday, he said.
Consequently, passenger traffic was suspended for 48 hours on three Amtrak routes - Amtrak Cascades line from Portland to Vancouver, British Columbia, combines the Coast Starlight train between Seattle and Los Angeles and the Empire Builder said Portland and Seattle, Chicago, Amtrak.
In some places, bus service to passengers as an alternative is offered.
Landslides were also in several residential areas around the Seattle area, and equipment useful work in King County, has to reduce sewage spills overwhelmed attributed to heavy rains, the sewers and pumping stations.
A new weather system expected to move northwest, the temperature is lower and dump up to 10 inches of snow in the Cascades on Monday night, said meteorologist Johnny Burg Weather Service.
McFarland said the Pacific Northwest as a whole experience was probably cooler and wetter than normal in winter by a model of "La Niña" weather, which formed in the waters of the central equatorial Pacific.
Melonas Amtrak, said he expected at 0430 local time again Tuesday to South Seattle and 8 hours north of Seattle.
The exception of a few short breaks weekend has managed to keep their BNSF freight movement through the area, diverting trains on the tracks was not of landslides, said.
The National Weather Service issued flood warnings along the many river basins, following a mass of warm moist air from Hawaii, and nicknamed the Pineapple Express has swept the north-west with heavy rain, the Saturday and Sunday.
The storm poured 7-8 inches of rain in the mountains of northern and central Italy Cascades and Olympics, said weather service meteorologist Mike McFarland.
Although the sky began to clear on Monday, remained flood warnings for parts of nine rivers in much of southwest Washington from Bellingham to Olympia booked.
Three landslides caused by heavy rains hit western Washington on Saturday, sweeping a car-size blocks in a railway line in the area of the Columbia River Gorge, Wishram, Washington, said Melonas. A series of small slides have blocked railway traffic in the north of Seattle on Saturday in the vicinity of the Skykomish River on Sunday, he said.
Consequently, passenger traffic was suspended for 48 hours on three Amtrak routes - Amtrak Cascades line from Portland to Vancouver, British Columbia, combines the Coast Starlight train between Seattle and Los Angeles and the Empire Builder said Portland and Seattle, Chicago, Amtrak.
In some places, bus service to passengers as an alternative is offered.
Landslides were also in several residential areas around the Seattle area, and equipment useful work in King County, has to reduce sewage spills overwhelmed attributed to heavy rains, the sewers and pumping stations.
A new weather system expected to move northwest, the temperature is lower and dump up to 10 inches of snow in the Cascades on Monday night, said meteorologist Johnny Burg Weather Service.
McFarland said the Pacific Northwest as a whole experience was probably cooler and wetter than normal in winter by a model of "La Niña" weather, which formed in the waters of the central equatorial Pacific.
0 comments:
Post a Comment