Photos: Flooding in the Lake Myron, Willow Lake and Lake Aspen area in Yakima | News Watch

Jodi Cooley, who was house-sitting a home in the Aspen Village gated community, calls out to a Yakima Police officer for help as homes in the area were threatened by flooding north of River Road and west of North 22nd Avenue in Yakima, Wash., Thursday, March 16, 2017. Water diverted into Lake Myron from Wednesday’s flooding caused an overflow which in turn caused a dike on Willow Lake to gave way, allowing waters to flood the nearby neighborhoods. (SHAWN GUST/Yakima Herald-Republic)

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