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The storm that covered much of Oregon in ice this January led to approximately $165 million in economic losses, a peak of 238,900 power outages and 17 deaths statewide, according to a report ...
[1] [2] The storm also brought heavy rains, producing widespread record flooding throughout the region, and was blamed for at least 18 deaths. [3] [4] Meteorologists at the Oregon Climate Service named the storm in January 2008, drawing from the Great Gale of 1880, a similar powerful storm that affected the region in 1880. [5] [6]
In terms of natural disaster-related fatalities for the 20th century, only Oregon's Heppner Flood of 1903 (247 deaths), Washington's Wellington avalanche of 1910 (96 deaths), the Great Fire of 1910 (87 deaths), and Eruption of Mount St. Helens of 1980 (57 deaths) caused more. For Pacific Northwest windstorms in the 20th century, the runner up ...
The high winds also left damage in Oregon. Extensive tree damage was reported, some of which fell on houses or on power lines. More than 350,000 customers lost power at the peak of the storm. Shelters were opened in the coastal regions as a result of the storm damage. [16]
Winds gusted as high as 85 mph in Oregon and 101 mph were reported off the coast of Vancouver Island Tuesday. The storm dropped to a pressure of 27.82 inches of mercury (942 mb), likely the ...
The storm, and its related cold wave, killed at least 100 people, with six additional deaths occurring due to a simultaneous, smaller storm in the Pacific Northwest (British Columbia, Oregon, Washington). 41 of the deaths from the main storm occurred in the Buffalo area where lake-effect snowfall exceeded 56 in (140 cm) over a five-day period ...
A power line fell on a parked car in northeast Portland, Oregon, on Wednesday, killing three people and injuring a baby during an ice storm that turned roads and mountain highways treacherous in ...
The storm was classed as a tornado by the National Weather Service on April 6. [18] While officially rated F3, the tornado was assessed as F2 by tornado historian Thomas P. Grazulis, who noted that only some homes lost walls and "no F3 damage was evident". [11] In Portland, Oregon, the tornado damaged four boat moorings and 50 small boats. [5]