The remote town of Stehekin, on the north shore of Lake Chelan, is reeling after devastating floodwaters rushed down the fire-scarred mountainsides surrounding it, Chelan County Sheriff Mike Morrison said.

Houses, roadways and even the small resort town’s water treatment plant were all hit by the flood, brought on by an atmospheric river that dumped many inches of rain across the Pacific Northwest this week, Morrison said.

“Stehekin is an absolute mess,” Morrison said. “It’s staggering, the damage we’re seeing.”

So far no injuries or deaths have been reported, Morrison said. But without a freshwater source, many of the people remaining in the area have no water supply. Some felt they needed to flee the area; the forecast does call for even more rain in the days ahead.

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