Brad Mills moves floating logs in his yard in Chehalis, Wash., on Tuesday, Dec. 4, 2007. A storm that battered the Pacific Northwest for two days moved on Tuesday, leaving behind flooded homes, fallen trees and washed-out roads, including the region's largest highway, which was covered with 10 feet of muddy water.
Automobiles attempt to navigate a flooded roadway in rural Lewis County west of Chehalis, Wash., on Tuesday, Dec. 4, 2007. A storm that battered the Pacific Northwest for two days moved on Tuesday, leaving behind flooded homes, fallen trees and washed-out roads, including the region's largest highway, which was covered with 10 feet of muddy water.
People gather on the lanes of flooded Interstate 5 near Chehalis, Wash., on Tuesday, Dec. 4, 2007, after severe flooding in Lewis County caused the major north/south freeway to shut down. A storm that battered the Pacific Northwest for two days moved on Tuesday, leaving behind flooded homes, fallen trees and washed-out roads, including the region's largest highway, which was covered with 10 feet of muddy water.
Homes in downtown Centralia, Wash., rest in a lake of mud Tuesday, Dec.4, 2007, after flood waters from the Chehalis River inundated Lewis County. In Centralia, police used small boats to evacuate neighborhoods inundated by floodwaters from the Chehalis River that were the consistency of chocolate milk.
Members of the 81st Brigade of the Washington National Guard, Sgt. Donald Chapman, center, and Pfc. John Larson, right, steady a metal ladder as they helped evacuate Don Burlow, left, from his flooded home Tuesday, Dec. 4, 2007, in Centralia, Wash.
Jay Haire, 8, and Tanner Martin, 8, play around the uprooted tree Tuesday, Dec. 4, 2007, that fell on Jay's families house in Aberdeen, Wash., during Monday's storm. Roughly 32,000 people were without power in Grays Harbor County, Wash.
Raging flood waters from the Chehalis River inundate large areas of both Chehalis and Centralia, Wash., Tuesday, Dec. 4, 2007, also submerging several sections of Interstate 5. State Dept. of Transportation officials hope to have the interstate open by late Thursday.
Woodinville firefighters Jesse Disch, left, and Justin Ralph pull residents of the Archstone Apartments and their pets to safety on Monday, Dec. 3, 2007, in Woodinville, Wash. A severe storm smacked the region Monday with hurricane-force winds and several inches of rain, and was blamed for four deaths. It came only a day after another severe system moved through Sunday.
Firefighter Justin Ralph rescues a dog who was trying to reach dry land on Monday, Dec. 3, 2007, in Woodinville, Wash. Downed trees blocked roads and power outages were widespread across much of the Northwest, where residents prepared for a massive cleanup effort after being battered by the back-to-back storms.
A Washington State Patrol trooper walks past as a small, unoccupied car is cleared on Monday, Dec. 3, 2007, after a mudslide at the Highway 101 and 8 overpass near Olympia, Wash. The mudslide blocked the heavily-used route. The governors of Washington and Oregon declared states of emergency, which could speed relief efforts in flood-hit areas.
Traffic signals light up as Daniel Kuntz, Travis Darnell and Matt Hjelm use their boat to paddle up and down a flooded Cooper Point Road and Black Lake Boulevard in West Olympia, Wash., after a fierce storm blew into the region Monday, Dec. 3, 2007.
Amy Anderson, right, hugs Melanie Tapia, left, after a flash flood swept down a tributary of Kennedy Creek near Olympia, Wash., and went through their restaurant, the Ranch House BBQ, Monday, Dec. 3, 2007. The rain turned the normally small creek into a roiling, muddy surge of water that tore through a wall at the restaurant. Tables and booths were strewn across the street, a storage shed was pushed about 300 feet away.
Amy Anderson, left, watches as Melanie Tapia, right, takes photos after a flash flood swept down a tributary of Kennedy Creek Monday, Dec. 3, 2007, near Olympia, Wash., and went through the restaurant they own, the Ranch House BBQ.
People watch floodwaters move across a road Monday, Dec. 3, 2007, after a flash flood swept down a tributary of Kennedy Creek near Olympia, Wash. Drenching rain swelled rivers and flooded streets across much of Western Washington on Monday, and high winds gusting to more than 80 mph blew trees into power lines and onto roads.
Firefighters carry Leona Donei from her Northgate apartment after a large drain backed up into the neighborhood during a downpour on Monday Dec. 3, 2007, in Seattle. Donei's apartment and new car were both flooded. She moved into the apartment from California three months ago.
Duvall firefighter Aaron Merritt walks over the rock and mud flow covering Snoqualmie Valley Road looking for a way to divert the rush coming down the hillside on Monday, Dec. 3, 2007, in Woodinville, Wash.
A stranded motorist sits on his car on the corner of Black Lake Blvd. and Cooper Point Road in Olympia, Wash., as flood waters filled the streets during the morning commute Monday, Dec. 3, 2007.
A stranded motorist crawls from his vehicle on Black Lake Blvd. and Cooper Point Road in Olympia, Wash. as flood waters rose during the morning commute Monday, Dec. 3, 2007.
Samantha Johnson, 16, braces against hurricane-force wind gusts on the beach at Devil's Elbow State Park near the Heceta Head Lighthouse north of Florence, Ore. Monday, Dec. 3, 2007.