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

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

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 ...

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

Washington health officials warned residents that heavy rain and floodwaters could sweep rats into the sewer systems and up into their ... well ... toilets!