Series prompts high-water rescues as it passes Washington state and Oregon as flood watches put in effect along coastA series of powerful storms hit the Pacific north-west, dumping heavy rain, swelling rivers and prompting high-water rescues in several states.An unusually strong storm system called an atmospheric river is passing through the region, bringing heavy rainfall across western Washington and north-western Oregon and more than a foot of snow in the northern Rockies and north-western Wyoming. Continue reading... ...read more read less