Another mudslide in Bellevue neighborhood that devastated area six weeks ago

BELLEVUE, Wash. — A mudslide that destroyed a home and caused several residents to evacuate six weeks ago has started to flow again in the Somerset neighborhood in Bellevue.

Bellevue city crews have been working since Monday afternoon to respond to water and debris that are collecting just below the site of where a home was recently demolished.

Residents who evacuated the Jan. 17 flood had just returned to their homes on Friday.

Crews had recently finished cleanup efforts and reopened the area, but the new mudslide has covered the area in debris again.

Crews created a barrier to control the debris flow Monday evening and plan to work overnight to capture and remove debris that collect at the barrier.

Authorities do not consider the area to be dangerous but are using an abundance of caution.

Record rainfall has been falling all over western Washington, even setting a record for the wettest Feb. 28 since 1996.

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