(Video: King County Sheriff's Office via CNN Newsource) —

The state of Washington saw intense flooding this week as a powerful atmospheric river brought massive amounts of rain to western portions of the state, dumping the rain over several days and causing rivers to swell to dangerous levels.

The severe weather prompted evacuations and dramatic rescues, some of which were caught on camera.

In King County, the county sheriff's office shared video of a deputy using a drone to give a life jacket to a man who was stuck on a car's roof as Snoqualmie River floodwaters rose.

A second video released by the King County Sheriff's Office shows the eventual rescue of the man via a helicopter from =AZbptF3J2Ol50X3eDD4ePTMHHex2pkOgnt-FNSv5nKr4j5X1dvu9B-lyR3Y3bs0aKc0i_8FQuaFBSDE0n9Jpw-zZgnG4OKB_T

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