This is KGW news at sunrise.
Hundreds of Providence nurses
are going on strike today.
We are live at Providence Portl,
the Medical Center there
in Northeast Portland.
Devin Haskins is going to join s
for a live report as the picket
line starts to form on this Mony
morning in just a few minutes p.
It's kind of like a horror scen,
like it reminds me of, like that was when
we were running that concert. Goer is
describing the moments after a person started
shooting at an outdoor music
festival at the Gorge Amphithear
in Washington over the weekend.
Coming up, we'll hear more about
how that scary situation unfold.
Lots of weather to talk
about from over the weekend,
including this, a confirmed toro
in Linn County near Eugene.
We'll have more from witnesses
who saw that tornado coming up a
little bit later here on Sunris.
Yeah, and in addition to that
tornado in Eugene, Yeah,
we had some crazy weather
yesterday in the Portland area.
Take a look at this video.
Some heavy hail and rain in Southwest
Portland when a strong storm rod
through around 4:00 o'clock.
Then about an hour later it wasa
pretty winter like scene around
the Clackamas Town Center in the
Sunnyside area after the storms
there dumped several inches of
hail in a short amount of time.
There were no reports of serious crashes,
but there was a pretty decent
slow down on I-2O5.
The rain also caused problems on streets
and freeways in the usual trouble spots,
including here on westbound
I-84 near Northeast 148.
The high water caused some major backups.
Other areas also saw some St. flooding.
This video taken at NW 21st and Gleason.
You can see that guy dealing
with a clogged storm drain.
Outdoor dining?
Yeah,
not really an option yesterday.
My goodness. OK, it is Monday, June 19th.
I feel like I shouldn't repeat it's June
after seeing some of that weather video.
Juneteenth. By the way,
Brenda Braxton has the morning
off Rod back from vacation.
We said, Rob, we want you to
have a busy morning. So get it.
What the heck happened yesterday
the way? Reports of one reason t
you know a lot of times you thif
leaves clogging up the storm dr.
He was getting ice out of the wy
so the water could drain down.
A lot of them.
Reports of flooding caused by the hail.
I told you I live like 2 miles.
From the Clackamas Town Center.
I mean, it was raining where
I was at, but it didn't
look like that was nice.
My place up in Vancouver,
we had a heavy shower,
but we didn't have hail either.
But plenty of folks did.
It all was caused by this.
A cold upper level low looks harmless enough.
Elle's a nice sweet letter, rig?
But it's the cold center,
also of the air mass.
So with that still in play,
all of the same elements will ba
possibility in our weather forecast today.
Now to me as a forecaster,
yesterday we were in the
sweet spot of where these the,
the most active weather would kind of the
back then come rolling through our area.
I think it's possible we
won't be as active today,
but still heavy downpours, hail, Thunder,
all the possibility with some gusty winds.
In fact we have some showers yoe
scattered about in spots out there right now.
Also some early breaks in the cloud deck.
It's chilly out 49 degrees.
Yesterday we stayed in the 50s and today
we may struggle to get back up to 60 again.
We'll see if we can do it now.
The rain obviously very benefic.
Some areas picked up close to
3/4 of an inch yesterday,
Drew.
All right, right.
Thanks for that update.
We do have our top story to get
to right now. This morning.
We know hundreds of Providence
nurses will go on strike.
Impacting 2 local hospitals.
We're talking about Providence
Portland Medical Center
in Northeast Portland and
Providence Seaside Hospital.
Yeah. And already this morning,
we've seen people gathering
at those locations.
That strike, though,
officially starts at 5:30 this morning.
Our Devin Haskins is live outsie
Providence, Portland for us.
And Devin, walk us through
some of the details and how
this is all going to happen.
Yeah. Good morning, Christine.
Good morning, Drew.
This morning, as you see behind,
some of the tents are starting to be set up.
Some of the nurses are already
starting to join the line here s
the strike gets ready to start
here in about just under 1/2 ho.
So this morning,
as the overnight shift comes to an end,
nurses will work with the replacement
nurses to hand off patients transfer care.
If nurses are in the middle of e
major surgeries or something like that,
the union says they'll finish up and then
join the strike lines when they're able to.
On Sunday, nurses said the hospital's
covered walkways with curtains.
They claim this was to prevent nurses
from seeing replacement nurses.
Providence officials also said they were
ensuring replacement nurses went through
entrances away from those on st.
Negotiations been going on for nine months,
the last bargaining session on June 9th.
The nurses say they want higher wages,
better healthcare including
mental healthcare,
more affordable healthcare and
more paid time off and sick lea.
Providence says their latest
proposal included a 12% raise in
the first year and 30 more hours
of PTO over the next couple yea.
But nurses say their other
needs are not being met.
It
is not just about money,
It is about safe staffing.
It is about adequate leave time,
enough time, paid time off to
take care of ourselves and
take care of our families.
All right, so while this strike is ongoing,
Providence says patients should expect
longer wait times at the Portland location.
Elective surgeries will be paus,
the neonatal ICU will close,
and baby deliveries will also m.
Patient transfers from other hospitals
will be reduced significantly.
Providence says, though,
that it will not negotiate with nurses over
the next five days until this strike ends.
So again, the nurses strike happens here,
starts here at 5:00 o'clock this
or 5:30 this morning. Excuse me?
And at 7:00 AM at the seaside location,
For now, we're live in Northeast Portland.
I'm Devin Haskins.
We'll send it back to you, Devi.
Thanks for keeping tabs on that
developing situation for us.
Now to the deadly shooting in
Washington during a concert at e
Gorge Amphitheater Saturday nig.
Two people have died.
Three others are injured,
including the suspect who is in custody.
The shooting happened at the campgrounds
during an electric dance music festival.
People there told our sister station in
Spokane that they ran for their lives.
Blair Best has the story.
The Beyond Wonderland Festival,
a weekend of outdoor music at te
Gorge Amphitheater, took a deadly turn
Saturday night. It's kind of lia
horror scene, like it reminds m,
like that was when we were runn.
Just before 8:30, the Grant Couy
Sheriff's Office responded to an
active shooter firing randomly
into a crowd at a Gorge campsit.
That's when Vanessa and her
friend Alex fled to safety.
We saw people getting into
other people's tents to hide
because it was the closest spot.
Law enforcement quickly surround
the area and arrested the suspe.
Two people died in the shooting
and three others were injured.
The suspect was among those thr.
We're told officers also fired their guns.
The concert continued on while e
operation was going on into the venue.
There was a mass notification st
countywide to avoid the venue and that
there was a shooting that happe.
Officers told festival
goers like Alex Baumgarter,
who drove up from Portland to r,
hide or fight the suspect
and all of a sudden.
Suddenly a big deal like an acte
shooter is going to be traumatig
for many people.
The festival canceled the second
day of shows and tweeted that
the campground was closed and
there was number current danger.
Some of the festival headliners
also took to Twitter,
sharing their condolences for the victims.
It definitely sucks.
I mean, I'm missing out and all the artists
that I want to see today, but
I mean, it's for a good reason.
It's definitely fair. I don't tk
anyone's in the mood to really .
Partying and raving right now, e
victim's families have been
notified and more information
will be released this week.
Again, that was Blair Best
reporting for us this morning.
We're also covering a mass
shooting that happened in North
Idaho last night that killed for
people in the town of Kellogg.
Authorities say the suspect is in custody.
They say there's no ongoing
threat to the community,
but they have not released any
details about the circumstances
surrounding that shooting.
OK, back to the Portland area,
A big heads up for Max riders.
The longest disruption in
Max history is now underway.
For the next four months
through October 21st,
trains will not be running from the Gateway
Transit Center all the way to the airport.
Instead, shuttle buses will
serve the Gateway Parkrose,
Cascade and Mount Hood Max stat.
This is all part of the Better D
project where crews will be laying down
new tracks and a new platform at PDX.
Seeing it and only seeing like the little
bits of straw and leaves,
like I definitely wasn't super scared,
but it was more like just like a shock
because I've never seen anything like that.
What he's talking about is a tornado,
a confirmed tornado in Linn County yesterday.
This was in Harrisburg near Eug.
You can see the strong rotation there
as it starts to pick up some de.
Witnesses say it was on the
ground for at least two minutes.
No damage or injuries were reported though.
The National Weather Service says this
was an EF0 tornado and we also w
a waterspout yesterday morning s
spotted in camas along the Camas Sloan
near the Columbia River around .
You can see from that shot it started
out pretty weak but then it stad
to pick up some steam there a le
strength as it moved across the river.
So rod yesterday lots to talk
about weather wise.
Again Rod Hill back from vacatin
this morning to break it all down for
us. So good news,
no damage reported in any of th.
We had the hecticness is that a word,
the hectic of the heavy
downpours in the street flooding
especially in the Clackamas are.
So you know the the water spot in the
Columbia River that think we mentioned
that was a few minutes on the ground,
could have been just over a minute that EF0.
Tornado and that was estimated e
65 mile per hour winds with thae
three quarter inch hail that's g
enough for severe thunderstorm warnings
to be put out and all of the ra.
So this just kind of recaps what we just
showed you and again the water spots,
it's interesting you see how the
funnel is really narrow what we
call a tight rope like structure
that's typical for water spots.
That was the one in the Columbia
just outside of. Of Camas.
And then Drew took you through
all these other reports.
The most rain I saw one of the gauges
was the .71 inches in Troutdale.
So you know, the good news was,
oh boy were we happy to see the
rain soak into the ground, righ.
And we're going to have some moe
rounds of soaking rains today.
Offshore,
we see the brighter clouds,
the cold upper level low.
It's the source of what's going,
the cold air igniting the storm development.
Things aren't lined up
exactly the same today,
so I would be a little surprised
if we have as much action.
We had a big cluster of
storms with rain and hail,
especially in the Clackamas
area and also those storms move
through Milwaukee yesterday.
Right now we have some showers in the area.
We'll see things pick back up so
get all the same elements or a
possibility big time downpours,
hail, rumbles of Thunder,
some gusty winds and this is kind of fun.
This is a this is live by the
way Timberline and.
That is, I believe it's mostly .
I use caution because they may have had
some hail up there mixing in as well,
but that's the white scene up
a Timberline this morning.
Early morning number is 28 degr.
Snow level today is going to
be right about 4000 feet.
We're 44 in Kelso, it's a cool morning,
49 in Portland, 49 in Salem,
It's 36 out in Baker City.
Let me get you to the seven day forecast.
We have more weather coming up
here in a few minutes, 61 today.
More showers tomorrow, but not the storms.
And then starting Wednesday, we're all dry.
We will be back.
More sunrise in just a moment.