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Record rain, darkness: Seattle braces for floods, mudslides

By Associated Press
Published: December 21, 2019, 8:46pm

SEATTLE (AP) — Record rainfall and darkness has hit Seattle as a major storm begins to lift across western Washington on the first day of winter, though the region is still at risk for flooding, mudslides and avalanches.

Friday became the wettest day in Seattle in the past 10 years, and the most rain recorded for Dec.

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