Photos: Pacific Northwest faces "catastrophic" flood threats from days of heavy rains

Residents in the Pacific Northwest face "catastrophic" and potentially life-threatening flood threats after days of heavy rains, the National Weather Service warns.

The big picture: Washington's governor declared a statewide emergency Wednesday to respond to the flooding that's already prompted water rescues, closed roads, caused power outages and left tens of thousands under evacuation orders in the state and across the border in the Canadian province of British Columbia. • Northwest Oregon also faces flooding and landslide threats from this week's atmospheric river event that produced 5 to 10-plus inches of rain, per an NWS forecast update Thursday. • Precipitation from the intense rainfall that began earlier this week was diminishing Thursday across the Pacific Northwest following