Record-breaking rain saturates ground, feeds mosquitoes

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People stopped joking about all the rain being good for their tomatoes somewhere in the third day of the deluge.

Now, scientists caution it could have negative effects on groundwater safety and even the health of the Chesapeake Bay.

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