The water flow is expected to increase by about 10% to return to normal levels, according to a press release by the corps.

Levees on the Green River that contain the flood waters became saturated, forcing a community in Kent to clean up potential millions in damages left behind.

More rain, snow, high winds and mudslides are in the forecast in Washington state, after a barrage of storms dumped close to 2 feet of rain in parts of the Cascade Mountains, swelling rivers far beyond their banks and prompting more than 600 rescues.

Water that had been rising steadily for days turned suddenly violent when a key flood barrier along the Green River failed, sending a fast-moving surge into low-lying neighborhoods and industrial strips south of Seattle.