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The atmospheric river over the Pacific Northwest brought a deluge to British Columbia, forcing road closures and evacuations in Canada.

Days of heavy rain pushed waterways to record flood levels in a mountainous region north of Seattle. “Do not wait,” local officials warned residents, urging them to seek higher ground.

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A powerful, magnitude-7.0 earthquake has struck in a remote area near the border between Alaska and the Canadian territory of ...

The quake occurred about 56 miles from Yakutat at a depth of about 6 miles, and was felt by people across the region.

The quake came during a cluster that saw over a dozen other earthquakes reported over a 24-hour period, the USGS map shows.