Natalie Akane-Newcomb

Firefighters north of Seattle and Snohomish County were not able to save a person who they say drove past a road closure sign and onto a flooded street early this morning.

Rescue swimmers found the vehicle fully submerged in a ditch under six feet of water.

The situation is also severe south of Seattle, where flash flood warnings are in effect after levees on two different rivers failed over the past 24 hours.

And in the middle of the night, the sheriff's helicopter flew over homes and urged people to evacuate immediately.

Another inch of rain is expected to fall through early tomorrow morning.

For NPR News, I'm Natalie Akane-Newcomb in Seattle.

Rebecca Rowe and her husband live in an RV park for seniors in Sumner, Washington, along the Puyallup River.

As soon as they heard the flood alerts, the couple started knocking on doors and helping people move out.

But the couple has yet to evacuate, even though the water is in their driveway.

Rebecca says they stayed to keep an eye out for looters.

The couple plans on leaving once the water gets to the third step of their front door.

They and their two dogs will go by canoe.

For NPR News, I'm Natalie Akane-Newcomb in Seattle.

There was a couple of people that the water had come up to their floor, to their doors.

But we got them out.

Everyone's safe, and that's what matters.