Heavy rains have prompted public health officials in Washington to warn residents about toilet rats, a rare plumbing ...

Stay vigilant about rats emerging from toilets. Public health officials in Seattle and King County released an advisory ...

Tips include flushing rat, squirt soap into toilet or if the rat is too large close toilet lid and call pest control ...

A rat wanders the subway tracks at Union Square in New York. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II, File) Recent storms have caused ...

King County public health officials said the recent heavy rain and floodwaters from the atmospheric rivers may have swept ...

Rats could climb into your toilet as a result of recent flooding from atmospheric rivers, King County officials say. Enter ...

According to an advisory, floodwaters can displace rodents, sweeping them through sewer systems and occasionally into homes.

During a flood, septic systems should not be used, the county says. Standing water around a septic system will cause the ground to not absorb wastewater from sinks and toilets, the county says. Septic ...