NORTH BEND, Wash. — Interstate 90 has reopened near North Bend after a landslide completely blocked the eastbound lanes for nearly 24 hours.
It shut down Wednesday afternoon.
Traffic backed up behind the site, with cars being diverted off at Exit 27 toward Snoqualmie-North Bend Road.
The landslide trapped and hit several cars.
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KIRO 7 spoke with Abbey Walker on Wednesday. She was driving to North Bend to help her grandma during the floods when she saw what looked like a giant “blob” in front of her crossing the road.
“Then I realized, ‘Oh, it’s a mudslide, this is happening right now,’” she said. “I slammed on my brakes. I’m sliding. I see the white truck that’s in the picture kind of bobbing around. I was like, ‘Oh my gosh, we’re going in.’”
Thankfully, Walker stopped in time and was okay.
“I’m panicking, because I’m thinking, ‘Is the rest of the hillside going to start coming down?’” she said.
The drivers who were caught in the landslide were able to get out of their cars safely.
One woman was transported to the hospital with minor injuries, according to WSP.
Governor Bob Ferguson has declared a state of emergency after an atmospheric river brought historic floodwaters to Washington. Upwards of 100,000 could evacuate as a result.
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