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

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

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

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

You may come face-to-face with an unexpected problem in your home after the recent heavy rain and flooding. Public Health - ...

You usually don't want to encounter anything aside from clear water when you lift up the lid to a toilet. However, some residents in Washington state were ...

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 ...