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Good afternoon.

From the KEOW Newsroom, this is Seattle Now.

I'm Zaki Hamid.

It's Tuesday, December 23rd.

Hey, happy Festivus.

Before we get into our top stories for today, just a heads up,

we're taking a quick break from our evening show for the next few days.

We'll be back on Monday, December 29th.

We're going to start with some more weather news.

Seattle Public Utilities says industrial sections of Seattle's South Park neighborhood could be dealing with street flooding tomorrow

because of approaching high tides. Officials will reach out to property owners who are likely to be

affected. Otherwise, if you have property in the area that's flooded before, SPU officials say you

might want to get some sandbags to protect your property.

Communities in remote towns along Upper Lake Chelan, like Staheacon, are beginning the slow work of recovery after flooding and landslides. Northwest Public Broadcasting's

Murrow Fellow René Diaz reports. In Staheican, a town only accessible by boat or air, people have been working to remove mud and fallen trees from driveways and footpaths.

Chris Adjester has been living in Stahican for about a decade.

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