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World's most widely read newspaper covers Western Washington's flood.

Submitted by eregular on Fri, 01/09/2009 - 5:33pm.

OLYMPIA, Wash.—Record levels of flooding hit Washington State over the past two days, causing widespread road closures and damage. A combination of record snowfall last month, rapidly warming temperatures and heavy rainfall created the disastrous conditions.
"It's kind of the perfect scenario in terms of a disaster," said David Fenton, Senior Development Director for the Southwest Washington chapter of the Red Cross. The region has been hit particularly hard.

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