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U.S. President Bill Clinton speaking in Portland, Oregon while touring flood damaged areas. The National Guard was deployed in each of the affected states to help with flood relief efforts. [5] U.S. President Bill Clinton visited Boise, Idaho and the greater Portland area to tour flood damage and meet with both victims and local officials. He ...
Significant flood damage also impacted the American states of Washington, Idaho (particularly the north of the state) and California. The floods were directly responsible for eight deaths in Oregon, as well as over US$500 million in property damage throughout the Pacific Northwest. Three thousand residents were displaced from their homes. [1]
In order to help you make the most of your trip to Oregon, here is some information on the safe places and areas to avoid in Portland. Show comments Advertisement
Among the damage was the complete destruction of Vanport, in the Portland metropolitan area, which was the second largest city in Oregon at the time. [4] The flood was largely caused by rapid melting of above-average snowpack by heavy precipitation and warm temperatures. [1] It remains the second largest flood recorded on the river. [2]
Then at 5:30 a.m. Monday, a passerby spotted the man, still naked, walking in the Finley area of Highway 397 and Owens Road south of Kennewick. The area is more than 25 miles from where he was ...
A sinkhole and water main break in a parking lot Sunday has created an unsafe situation for nearly 20 townhomes in Patton Township. On Sunday evening, a sinkhole opened up in the parking lot for ...
In 1988, the Portland Water Bureau expressed their surprise at the cost of running the fountain, which at the time was consuming $34,000 in water and $13,000 in electricity each year. [ 7 ] [ 15 ] Also in 1988, a 26-year-old Vancouver man was drowned when he attempted to swim through a small water pipe and got wedged under a concrete slab.
Balch Creek is a 3.5-mile (5.6 km) tributary of the Willamette River in the U.S. state of Oregon.Beginning at the crest of the Tualatin Mountains (West Hills), the creek flows generally east down a canyon along Northwest Cornell Road in unincorporated Multnomah County and through the Macleay Park section of Forest Park, a large municipal park in Portland.