Carson Olafson rescues his golf cart and clubs from the flooded cart storage area at the Yakima Elks Golf and Country Club on Jan. 8, 2009 in Selah, Wash. Parts of the club's golf course were also flooded by the nearby Yakima River, which is swollen by snowmelt and rain further upriver.
Gene Bailey feeds his cattle while the Yakima River begins to flood his field off of South Pomona and Harrison Roads north east of Selah Wash., Jan. 8, 2009.
The Yakima River at flood stage at Playland Park and River Ridge golf course in Selah Wash., Jan. 8, 2009.
The Yakima River crosses Golf Course Loop Road next to Playland Park and River Ridge golf course in Selah Wash., Jan. 8, 2009.
A Selah fire and rescue checks a neighborhood off of Harrison Road, north east of Selah, that is under threat of flooding as the Yakima River goes into flood stage.
East Selah resident, Larry Miller photographs the Yakima River during flood stage off of Harrison Road facing south toward the Selah gap, Jan. 8, 2009.
Ty Beaudry, right, tows a golf cart steered by Trent Steele from the flooded golf cart storage area the Yakima Elks Golf and Country Club Jan. 8, 2009 in Selah, Wash. The storage area and parts of the adjacent golf course were flooded by the nearby Yakima River which was swollen by rain and snowmelt further upriver.
The Playland park in Selah was flooded Jan. 8, 2009 by the nearby Yakima River. The adjacent River Ridge Golf Course was also inundated by the swollen river.
The clubhouse of the River Ridge Golf Course was surrounded by water and the golf course submerged by the flooding Yakima River on Jan. 8, 2009. The main floor of the clubhouse was undamaged but the basement area was completely underwater, said course owner Dean Laurvick, right. As a precaution the power to the clubhouse was cut off. With no power, Laurvick quipped "I'll have to find somewhere else to eat lunch."
Basketball games on the outdoor court at Playland park in Selah, Wash. have, for the time being, been called because of high water in the park. The park, along with the adjacent River Ridge Golf Course, has been flooded by the nearby Yakima River.
Trent Steele checks out the water as he drives a friend's golf cart from the flooded cart storage area at the Yakima Elks Golf and Country Club in Selah, Wash. on Jan. 8, 2009. Parts of the golf course were flooded by the nearby Yakima River, which was swollen by rain and snowmelt further upriver.
The Yakima River floods an orchard near the Parker bridge south of Union Gap, Wash., Jan. 8, 2009.
Three geese swim near the bank of the flooded Yakima River along Yakima Valley Highway near the Parker area Jan. 8, 2009.
Douglas Wrecking employees worked throughout the day to keep the Yakima River from flooding their land by building a makeshift dike along the riverbank off Donald Wapato Road Jan. 8, 2009.
Douglas Wrecking employees worked throughout the day to keep the Yakima River from flooding their land by building a makeshift dike along the riverbank off Donald Wapato Road Jan. 8, 2009.
The Yakima River floods an orchard near the Parker bridge south of Union Gap, Wash., Jan. 8, 2009.
Links
Yakima area flooding photo gallery