Gov. Ferguson, WA Senators Tour Mount Vernon’s Flood Wall After Atmospheric River

"We are not totally out of the woods": Governor, U.S. senators visit Mount Vernon floodwall

MOUNT VERNON — Gov. Bob Ferguson and U.S. senators Patty Murray and Maria Cantwell visited with Mount Vernon Mayor Peter Donovan on Saturday morning at the downtown floodwall to view and discuss the receding floodwaters and dangers that remain.

Gov. Ferguson, WA senators tour Mount Vernon’s flood wall after atmospheric river

On Saturday, Governor Bob Ferguson, Senator Patty Murray and Senator Maria Cantwell met with Mount Vernon Mayor Peter Donovan to visit one of the areas hit by the historic floods and to see firsthand how the flood wall there held up.

New flood wall saves Mount Vernon, Snohomish County roads face major repairs

Mount Vernon Mayor Peter Donovan stood before the city's 1.4-mile flood wall (a.k.a. The Wall) and declared it a game-changer