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Extreme weather pounds Pacific Northwest

Roza Kazan

02:17

An unusually long “river in the sky” — a fast-moving band of moisture in the atmosphere stretching roughly 11,000 kilometers from near the Philippines to the U.S. Pacific Northwest — is pounding Washington and Oregon, triggering river flooding and emergency declarations.

Forecasters warn the worst may still be ahead. The bigger threat now is underground: saturated soil prone to landslides. Even in a region used to heavy rain, this storm system has residents on edge.

CGTN’s Roza Kazan reports.

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