Homes damaged at Burien's Three Tree Point after weekend Pineapple Express rainstorm hits
Mon, 12/13/2010
Rain that deluged the Highline area over the weekend hit Three Tree Point particularly hard.
On Sunday, several chunks of a retaining wall let loose by a mudslide hit a house in the 2300 block of Southwest 172nd St. Firefighters evacuated three people out of the home.
A block away, in the 2400 block, the home of a 94-year-old artist slipped down a hill Sunday morning. His daughter was to have to spent the night with him, sleeping in an area that was hit by the slide. The city of Burien has red tagged his home and his neighbors may also have to move out.
Around the Cove in Normandy Park, roads flooded when Miller and Walker creeks went over their banks. Power went out, also, to 214 Normandy Park residents.
Sea-Tac International Airport reported a record rainfall for Saturday with 1.42 inches of rain. The old record of 1.32 inches was set in 1955.