According to the Associated Press, a strong storm hit Oregon and other areas in the Pacific Northwest for the second consecutive day on Friday, causing mudslides, road closures and danger to residents in certain areas.
The U.S. Coast Guard had to use a helicopter and a rescue swimmer to rescue about 50 people from a flooded RV park about 90 miles southwest of Portland.
According to forecasters, the storm was caused by an atmospheric river called the “Pineapple Express”. The heavy rains in Oregon and Washington are expected to continue until Friday night, but may ease on Saturday. According to the Associated Press, more rain is expected from Saturday night to next week.
Authorities announced a flood warning along the Oregon coast and warned that dangerous mudslides may occur in areas destroyed by wildfires last summer.
In the photo, you can see the RV parked at the campsite sitting in the water about 6 inches deep. In other areas, the water level has risen four feet high, Statesman magazine Report.
A separate RV park near the town of Otis, Oregon was also flooded, and the door of a fire engine permanently parked on the border of the town was half flooded.
Russ Hiner, who was camping in the park, wrote in a letter when the flood was flooding. Facebook The post stated that he was woken up shortly after 6 am by the sound of someone driving a vehicle on the scene and honking the horn.
“Looking out from the foggy window, I saw someone running around with a flashlight. They came and knocked on the door, “The park is flooded!” Everyone goes out,” he wrote on Facebook. “It looks like we have six or seven inches of water below us. “
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Sergeant Jack Dunterman/Lincoln County Sheriff’s Department via the Associated Press
Neskowin Campground is located between two forks of Neskowin Creek, about 7 miles north of Otis, a small coastal community that was destroyed by a wind-driven wildfire more than a year ago.
“We are okay now…but the rain is still falling,” said Melynda Small, who lost her home in the September 2020 fire, and she is worried about mudslides in the fire area.
In Oregon, the National Weather Service issued flood warnings in several coastal counties and warned that heavy rains have increased the risk of landslides and landslides in areas recently destroyed by wildfires.
The Portland National Weather Service said that in 24 hours on Thursday, some areas of the western part of the state received more than 2 inches of rainfall, and heavy rain is expected to continue until Friday night. Astoria, located in the most northwestern corner of the state, set a new rainfall record on Thursday, with rainfall of just over 2 inches, the highest rainfall since the record was set 70 years ago.
The stagnant water on the road made crossing the Portland metropolitan area dangerous. On Thursday, a woman was rescued from the swelling Santiam River after being flooded in a camp on the bank of the river.
In Washington, at least six rivers in the western part of the state have issued warnings.
According to reports, landslides occurred on the coast, near the town of Elkton in southwest Oregon and along the Columbia River Highway east of Portland.
The storm also caused power outages and closed several schools and district offices in suburban Portland.
Ted S. Warren/Associated Press Photo
