Spokane area spring flooding

For the first time since 2012, the Spokane River, which hits flood stages at 27 feet and normally sits around 22 feet, has risen above 27.5 feet.

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Sun., March 19, 2017

Water flows across Weisman Road from a slough into Williams Lake, Sunday, Mar. 19, 2017, a few inches higher than it was last week.

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The waterfront vacation homes on the shore of Williams Lake are surrounded by some of the debris washed in by the high water and the damage to docks and landscaping by cresting floodwaters. Sunday, Mar. 19, 2017. Jesse Tinsley/THE SPOKESMAN-REVIEW

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Cars drive through water on Upriver Drive, where the Spokane River temporarily overflowed its banks Sunday, Mar. 19, 2017. Jesse Tinsley/THE SPOKESMAN-REVIEW Jesse Tinsley/THE SPOKESMAN-REVIEW

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Seen from above, cars drive through water on Upriver Drive, where the Spokane River temporarily overflowed its banks, Sunday, Mar. 19, 2017.

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Seen from above, cars drive through water on Upriver Drive, where the Spokane River temporarily overflowed its banks on Sunday.

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A small pump is used to try and clear water that spilled over the creek banks and the nearby bridge onto Dayton Street in Sprague, Washington, Sunday, Mar. 19, 2017. Jesse Tinsley/THE SPOKESMAN-REVIEW

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Sandbags and berms can’t hold back all the floodwaters as the concrete channel of the creek quickly filled over the weekend, blowing over the banks and flooding low areas of town, shown Sunday, Mar. 19, 2017.

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Dayton Street, off First Street in Sprague, Washington, is one of several closed by flooding from the creek nearby Sunday, Mar. 19, 2017. Jesse Tinsley/THE SPOKESMAN-REVIEW

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The park in the center of Sprague, Washington, is under two to three feet of water from the nearby creek, which flooded several parcels of land around it before being contained by sandbags and berms Sunday.

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