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An extremely wet system of weather is forecast to bring flooding to the Willamette Valley and Coastal areas late this weekend and into next week. Flood watch issued for NW Oregon, Willamette River ...
The next atmospheric river is slowly approaching. Expect another round of rain on Monday night - Tuesday night. With warmer temps, melting snow, & heavy rain, river flooding is likely in some areas.
People walk with umbrellas as rain falls in Salem in 2019. Another round of heavy rainfall will hit Oregon over the next few days, but it’s probably not enough to bring flooding, said National ...
Some temporary lakes rose to an elevation of more than 400 ft (120 m), flooding the Willamette Valley to Eugene, Oregon and beyond. Iceberg-rafted glacial erratics and erosion features are evidence of these events. Lake-bottom sediments deposited by the floods have contributed to the agricultural richness of the Willamette and Columbia Valleys.
Flooding just north of downtown Portland in February 1996, viewed looking southeast towards the Steel Bridge An aerial view of the Willamette River's flood. The Willamette Valley flood of 1996 was part of a larger series of floods in the Pacific Northwest of the United States which took place between late January and mid-February 1996.
The Willamette Valley (/ w ɪ ˈ l æ m ɪ t / ⓘ wil-AM-it) is a 150-mile (240 km) long valley in Oregon, in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. The Willamette River flows the entire length of the valley and is surrounded by mountains on three sides: the Cascade Range to the east, the Oregon Coast Range to the west, and the ...
A fourth atmospheric river is forecast to hit Oregon this weekend, bringing heavy rain and possible coastal flooding.
Willamette Valley map showing main stem and major tributaries The Willamette River drains a region of 11,478 square miles (29,730 km 2 ), which is 12 percent of the total area of Oregon. [ 4 ] Bounded by the Coast Range to the west and the Cascade Range to the east, the river basin is about 180 miles (290 km) long and 100 miles (160 km) wide ...