Business owners prepare for more king tides in Puget Sound

King tides return to the Puget Sound over the weekend and into next week, just a few weeks after causing flooding throughout the region.

These higher-than-typical tides are based on the moon and the sun, and they occur here periodically throughout the winter.

When king tides happen alongside a storm, they can cause significant flooding; this is what happened in late December. At that time, nearly 50 buildings in Seattle’s South Park neighborhood were damaged from Duwamish overflows. Homes and businesses in other flood-risk areas, such as Olympia, Edmonds, and parts of Skagit County, also had damage.

King tides return to Puget Sound, but unlikely to bring much flooding

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