TUKWILA, Wash. (AP) — Crews used sandbags to shore up an earthen levee south of Seattle on Monday after a small section of it failed following a week of heavy rains, prompting an evacuation order covering parts of three suburbs, officials said.

The evacuation order from King County in Washington state was sent to about 1,100 homes and businesses east of the Green River in parts of Kent, Renton, and Tukwila, said Brendan McCluskey, the county’s emergency management director. The National Weather Service issued a flash flood warning that initially covered nearly 47,000 people, but was reduced within a few hours to an area covering 7,000 people.

No one was injured, McCluskey said.

Authorities in Renton and Tukwila said Monday afternoon that the flooding was confined to small, industrial areas and that no residents were being evacuated.

The levee breach followed heavy rain and flooding that inundated communities, forced the evacuations of tens of thousands of people, and prompted scores of rescues throughout western Washington state.

The failure occurred on the Desimone levee beside the Green River, an area where officials had expressed concerns about a possible breach. “We were monitoring these levees closely,” said John Taylor, director of the King County Department of Natural Resources and Parks. “They’re getting saturated and starting to show the effects.”

Emergency crews are in action to mitigate the situation, using sandbags to control the breach. A section of paved bike path along the levee in Tukwila cratered and broke where the levee washed away beneath it.

The spokesperson for the city of Renton confirmed that while the breach has been controlled, any changes in weather may impact the situation going forward. Meanwhile, a seepage blanket was being installed to alleviate water concerns in the area.

The levee was previously damaged during flooding in 2020, and long-term repairs are not expected to be completed until 2031. Past repairs were also noted following deteriorations that occurred from flooding in 2014.

This story has been regularly updated as more information surfaces. AP wire contributed to this report.