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Alert canceled. Subject reported to have been located.
"Please use extreme caution! Vegetation is still recovering from the long stretch of dry weather and is susceptible to fire spread."
More than half of those without power across the Puget Sound region were in Whatcom County.
The suspect being sought currently has an active out of state sexual assault case.
"There has been a spike of overdose deaths which we believe may be due to a change in the supply."
A strong weather system is forecast to bring several days of moderate to heavy rain to the Whatcom County lowlands.
Fire danger remains very high.
Motorists were directed around the closure via a signed 19-mile detour.