Floodwaters recede in Shoshone County
This section of Prichard Creek Road has much of its base layer washed out due to fast-moving floodwater crashing against it.
JOSH McDONALD
A section of the shoulder/bank of Prichard Creek Road is slowly slipping into the creek.
JOSH McDONALD
On Thursday, the lower section of the popular North Fork Coeur d'Alene River summer diving spot known as 'the rock,' was entirely underwater. On Saturday morning, the water levels have receded significantly.
JOSH McDONALD
Several trees have been swept into the middle of the Coeur d'Alene River, either from bank erosion from flooding or because of recent high winds.
JOSH McDONALD
On Thursday, water levels on the Coeur d'Alene River were mere feet from the bottom of the East Canyon Road Bridge. Two days later, the river remains high, but the levels have dropped significantly.
JOSH McDONALD
The water levels may have dropped, but Thursday’s historic flooding left lasting effects across the Silver Valley.
Conditions worsened quickly as high temperatures and heavy rain melted recent snow in the higher elevations, swelling tributaries and flooding much of the Coeur d’Alene and St. Joe rivers.
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