Day in photos - January 8, 2009 - Washington Rain

(AP / January 8, 2009)

A highway overpass over Interstate 5 runs into flood waters of the Chehalis River Thursday, Jan. 8, 2009, in Chehalis, Wash. Rain and high winds lashed Washington state Wednesday, causing widespread avalanches, mudslides, flooding and road closures from rapid snowmelt and the three main highways across the Cascade Range were closed.