More than 40,000 urged to evacuate in Pierce County - so far

More than 40,000 Pierce County residents were urged to evacuate their homes Wednesday as officials braced for some of the worst flooding in decades. Flooding is expected to continue through Friday. Transportation officials were monitoring the Puyallup River, and warned that they might have to close I-5 at Fife as well. “This is one of the most significant flooding events in the last 20 years,” said Ted Buehner, a National Weather Service meteorologist in Seattle.