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5 grudnia 2007, 16:02

1/8People are seen on a section of the flooded Interstate-5 in Chehalis, Wash. on Tuesday Dec. 4, 2007. A storm that battered the Pacific Northwest for two days moved on Tuesday, leaving behind flooded homes, fallen trees and washed-out roads, including the region apos;s largest highway, which was covered with 10 feet of muddy water. AP PhotoThe Oregonian, Bruce Ely NO MAGS. NO SALES

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2/8An exit sign is seen on the submerged I-5 freeway in Chehalis, Wash. on Tuesday Dec. 4, 2007. A storm that battered the Pacific Northwest for two days moved on Tuesday, leaving behind flooded homes, fallen trees and washed-out roads, including the region apos;s largest highway, which was covered with 10 feet of muddy water. AP PhotoThe Oregonian, Bruce Ely NO MAGS. NO SALES

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3/8Gary Dorning of Adna, Wash. carries a young girl through flood waters as the Chehalis River rises over state Route 6 west of Adna Monday, Dec. 3, 2007. The girl was one of nine in a family trapped at their home by flooding conditions west of Adna. She and her brother were rescued by jet ski as the rest of the family remained on the rooftop of their rural Lewis County home. AP PhotoThe Chronicle, Mike Salisbury MAGS OUT, NO SALES, ONLINE OUT, MANDATORY CREDIT

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4/8A trio of kayakers paddle past an exit marker in floodwaters covering I-5 near Chehalis, Wash. on Tuesday, Dec. 4, 2007. A storm that battered the Pacific Northwest for two days moved on Tuesday, leaving behind flooded homes, fallen trees and washed-out roads, including the region apos;s largest highway, which was covered with 10 feet of muddy water. AP PhotoThe Chronicle, Mike Salsbury MAGS OUT, INTERNET OUT, NO SALES

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5/8Homes in downtown Centralia,Wash. rest in a lake of mud Dec.4, 2007 after flood waters from the Chehalis River inundated Lewis County. A storm that battered the Pacific Northwest for two days moved on Tuesday, leaving behind flooded homes, fallen trees and washed-out roads, including the region apos;s largest highway, which was covered with 10 feet of muddy water. In Centralia, Wash., police used small boats to evacuate neighborhoods inundated by floodwaters from the Chehalis River that were the consistency of chocolate milk. AP PhotoThe Olypian - Steve Bloom

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6/8Josh Biles wades through chest deep water in south Chehalis, Wash., as Brandon Phinney of Olympia offers a lift in his boat on Tuesday, Dec. 4, 2007. Biles was trying to get from Chehalis to help with flooding at his girlfriend apos;s house in Centralia. A storm that battered the Pacific Northwest for two days moved on Tuesday, leaving behind flooded homes, fallen trees and washed-out roads, including the region apos;s largest highway, which was covered with 10 feet of muddy water. AP PhotoTony OvermanThe Olympian

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7/8An aerial view of the flooded I-5 overpass looking south Flooding in Chehalis, Washington. A storm that battered the Pacific Northwest for two days moved on Tuesday, leaving behind flooded homes, fallen trees and washed-out roads, including the region apos;s largest highway, which was covered with 10 feet of muddy water. AP PhotoThe Oregonian, Bruce Ely NO MAGS. NO SALES

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8/8Automobiles attempt to navigate a flooded roadway in rural Lewis County west of Chehalis on Tuesday, Dec. 4, 2007. A storm that battered the Pacific Northwest for two days moved on Tuesday, leaving behind flooded homes, fallen trees and washed-out roads, including the region apos;s largest highway, which was covered with 10 feet of muddy water. AP PhotoMike SalsburyThe Chronicle MANDATORY CREDIT

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