MARYSVILLE — A burrowing animal apparently caused a breach in a levee — and minor flooding — Thursday along Ebey Slough near Sunnyside south of Marysville.
No homes or people were threatened by the breach, which was close to 20 feet long. It was discovered about 2 p.m.
Diking District No. 4, which oversees flood control in the area, reported the breach and is repairing the levee with technical assistance from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, said Christopher Schwarzen, Snohomish County spokesman.
County Public Works, state Department of Emergency Management and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers worked to repair the breach.
Crews had plugged it Friday morning and were monitoring it to make sure repairs held through a high tide, Schwarzen said.
District No. 4 is contiguous with the Diking District No. 2 levee upstream. The Lake Stevens sewage treatment plant is nearby, but there’s no immediate threat to the treatment plant, he said.
Oscar Halpert: 425-339-3429, ohalpert@heraldnet.com.
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