Just days after historic flooding battered parts of Washington state, a breach opened in the Desimone Levee on the Green River in King County on Monday afternoon. Over 1,000 people were ordered to evacuate.

Early Tuesday morning, multiple homes were evacuated in Pacific after a breach of the levee, just hours after another incident on the Green River near Tukwila.

King County emergency officials issued an urgent "Go Now" evacuation order Monday for some residents and businesses in Tukwila, Renton and Kent, after a breach in the Desimone Levee sent floodwaters into nearby neighborhoods.

The swollen river tore a hole Monday in a heavily saturated levee system near Tukwila, forcing broad evacuations and emergency repairs.

TUKWILA, Wash. — A Flash Flood Warning is in effect for a dam break on the Green River near Auburn, which is causing the potential for "life-threatening flash flooding." The National Weather Service (NWS) issued the alert at 11:51 a.m. Monday, saying that the Green River Levee has failed.

A flash flood warning was issued in west central King County after a levee failure was reported along the Green River.

A levee breach on the Green River near Tukwila has triggered a Flash Flood Warning, with "life-threatening flash flooding" anticipated. The Desimone Levee failure puts Tukwila, Renton, and Kent at risk,

A levee failure along the Green River prompted immediate evacuation orders for parts of Tukwila and Kent on Monday, closing roads and flooding an industrial area as crews worked urgently to plug the breach with sand and gravel.

More than 46,000 people, two schools, and one hospital were within the evacuation order area after a levee failed near Seattle.