A person walks along the beach with flooding along the boardwalk Thursday, Feb. 1, 2024 in Seal Beach, Calif. AP Photo/Eric Thayer, file SEATTLE, Washington State Northern California and the Pacific Northwest are bracing for what is expected to be a

Former President Rodrigo Duterte. —GRIG C. MONTEGRANDE MANILA, Philippines — Tensions briefly rose during the congressional probe into the past administration’s drug war when former President Rodrigo Duterte threatened to slap, and