Officials in Washington state say a man who drove past warning signs has been found dead in a car submerged in floodwaters near Seattle. It's the first reported death following a week of heavy rain and flooding in the region. The Snohomish County Sheriff's Office says rescue swimmers found the driver and the vehicle in about 6 feet of water early Tuesday. No one else was in the car. Residents near a breached levee in King County have been told to evacuate their homes. Police in the city of Pacific urged those in the evacuation area near the White River to leave immediately after the National Weather Service office in Seattle issued a flash flood warning.

Crews used sandbags to shore up an earthen levee south of Seattle after a small section failed after a week of heavy rains. The breach prompted an evacuation order covering parts of three suburbs for homes and businesses east of the Green River in parts of Kent, Renton and Tukwila. The National Weather Service issued a flash flood warning that initially covered nearly 47,000 people, but later was reduced to an area covering 7,000 people. Authorities in two of the cities — Renton and Tukwila — said Monday afternoon the flooding was confined to small, industrial areas and that no residents were being evacuated. No injuries have been reported.