Washington officials issue frightening alert about toilet rats after historic floods

Frightening alert for Washington residents…. Beware of toilet rats.

Seattle and King County nationalist wellness officials issued a informing connected Thursday that the caller dense rain and floodwaters from the back-to-back atmospheric rivers whitethorn person swept rodents into the cities' sewage system.

The section posted a cartoon connected social media providing tips connected what residents should bash if they hap to find the pesky vermin successful their toilet.

RISING FLOOD THREATS BREW IN WASHINGTON JUST DAYS AFTER HISTORIC FLOODING

Seattle and King County Public Health Department released a cartoon connected however to grip toilet rats. They urge staying calm during the event. 

(Seattle and King County Public Health Department / FOX Weather)

"The dense rainfall and floodwaters whitethorn expanse rodents into the sewer systems. If a rat visits your toilet, instrumentality a heavy enactment and travel these tips," officials said successful the Facebook post. 

They suggest if a homeowner does person a run-in with a rat, to enactment calm, unopen the toilet and effort to flush the rodent. 

If that does not work, squirt crockery soap into the toilet. The soap volition assistance descent the rat down the septic strategy erstwhile flushed. It whitethorn instrumentality a fewer times earlier the carnal is gone.

Seattle and King County Health Department released a cartoon connected however to grip toilet rats. They urge utilizing soap to marque the rat descent down the toilet erstwhile flushing. 

(Seattle and King County Health Department)

Officials counsel that a ample rat whitethorn not flush backmost down and could escape.

If that happens to beryllium the case, it is recommended to telephone a pest power company.

Entire areas person been wholly submerged arsenic large stream flooding slams parts of Washington state. 

(Snohomish Regional Fire and Rescue)

For days, Washington experienced record-breaking flooding from aggregate atmospheric rivers that slammed the region.

Thousands of residents were forced to evacuate from their homes arsenic floodwaters seeped in.

SECOND LEVEE FAILURE IN WASHINGTON AS LATEST ATMOSPHERIC RIVER SLAMS STATE JUST DAYS AFTER HISTORIC FLOODING

Infrastructure passim the state, including large highways, bridges and full communities were destroyed.

It is expected that it volition instrumentality respective weeks to find the grade of the damage.