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>> NOW.
>> NOW.
>> NOW. THIS IS KGW NEWS AT NOON AFTER
POURING RAIN AND GUSTING WINDS.
NOW THE CLEANUP BEGINS.
WE'RE TRACKING WHAT'S LEFT
BEHIND AFTER A BIG STORM LAST
NIGHT.
NIGHT.
NIGHT. PLUS, WHO'S NEXT IN LINE FOR A
COVID VACCIENS?
COVID VACCIENS? WE BREAK DOWN GOVERNOR BROWN'S
LATEST ANNOUNCEMENT AND WHAT IT
COULD MEAN FOR YOU.
AND AFTER MONTHS AWAY FROM THE
CLASSROOM, PORTLAND PUBLIC
SCHOOL STUDENTS COULD BE
HEADING BACK LATER THIS MONTH.
>> WELL, WHAT A MESS.
WET WINDY WEATHER LEFT BEHIND
LANDSLIDES AND ROAD CLOSURES
AND POWER OUTAGES.
THIS IS GERMANTOWN ROAD
COVERED IN DEBRIS AND CREWS.
THEY'RE HARD AT WORK TO CLEAN
IT UP AND TAKE A LOOK AT THIS.
THERE'S EVEN MORE DAMAGE IN THE
GORGE SKY EIGHT FLEW OVER THE
LANSLIDE EARLY THIS MORNING.
IT CLOSED THE EASTBOUND LANES
OF IBOSHI FOR RIGHT AT THE
TROUTDALE EXIT.
TROUTDALE EXIT. THAT SLIDE IS IN THE TOWN
OF DODSON AND RIGHT NOW ONE
PERSON IS MISSING.
WE HAVE TEAM COVERAGE TRACKING
THE STORM'S AFTERMATH.
LET'S START WITH DEVIN HASKINS
LIVE NEAR THAT EIGHTY FOUR
SLIDE.
SLIDE.
SLIDE. DEVIN, WHAT'S THE SITUATION
THIS AFTERNOON?
THIS AFTERNOON? WELL >>, BRENDAN, RIGHT NOW
WE'RE AT THE AINSWORTH STATE
EXIT AND AS YOU CAN SEE BEHIND
ME THE SLIDE RIGHT THERE YOU
CAN SEE THE WATER JUST COMING
DOWN THE HILL, THE DEBRIS
FIELD, WHAT'S LEFT OF IT AS
HERE IN ABOUT FIVE SECONDS
YOU'LL SEE A FRONT LOADER
TRACTOR COMING THROUGH AS THEY
STARTED TO BRING IN THE BIG
MACHINERY TO TAKE CARE OF THIS
SLIDE OR AT LEAST START THAT
WORK TO DO SO THERE'S TWO
SLIDES IN THE AREA.
THE OTHER ABOUT A MILE EAST.
BOTH OF THEM HAVE COVERED THE
FRONTAGE ROAD THAT RUNS
PARALLEL TO INTERSTATE 84.
NOW WHILE YOU CAN SEE IT HERE
ON THE GROUND FROM ABOVE, THE
SLIDE HERE LOOKS MUCH LARGER.
THE MULTNOMAH COUNTY SHERIFF'S
OFFICE SAID THERE IS STILL ONE
PERSON UNACCOUNTED FOR AFTER A
DEBRIS FLOW SWEPT AWAY A CAR
EARLIER THIS MORNING.
EMERGENCY CREWS USE A THERMAL
IMAGING CAMERA AND COULD NOT
FIND ANYONE WITH IT.
NOW ODOT CLOSED DOWN EASTBOUND
84 FROM TROUTDALE AFTER THE
SLIDE CROSSED OVER ONTO THE
FREEWAY AND IN SOME PLACES THEY
ESTIMATE THE DEBRIS FLOW IS AS
BIG AS DEEP AS 10 FEET FOR
REFERENCE, DODSON IS ABOUT FIVE
MILES EAST OF MULTNOMAH FALLS
NOW A RESIDENT OF DODSON WE
SPOKE WITH THIS MORNING SAID
THE LANDSLIDE HAPPENED JUST
BEFORE 1:00 THIS MORNING.
HE QUICKLY WOKE UP, RAN TO HIS
NEIGHBORS TO TRY AND WAKE THEM
UP TO HE SAYS THE SMALLER
OF THE TWO SLIDES CAME WITHIN
ABOUT ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY
FEET OF HIS HOME.
>> IT'S SPOOKY HERE.
YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING TO
HAPPEN.
HAPPEN.
HAPPEN. MOTHER NATURE IS STRONGER THAN
ANYBODY AROUND HERE.
YOU KNOW, MOTHER NATURE, YOU
KNOW, AND SHE PUTS HER HAND
DOWN IS LIKE SHE'S GOING TO
KICK IN AS AKNOWLEDING IS
WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN SUSUN
SHE'S GOING TO DO WHAT SHE
WANTS TO DO >> AND IT'S >> ALL
THE SAME ALSO THE SAME AREA
WHERE A LARGE LANDSLIDE
HAPPENED BACK IN 1996, A WALL
OF MUD, ROCKS AND TREES CAME
CRASHING DOWN THE HILLSIDE
COVERING AT LEAST ONE HOME.
THE RED CROSS HAS SET UP A
SHELTER.
SHELTER.
SHELTER. IT'S OUT IN THE HOOD RIVER AT
THE BEST WESTERN.
THEY'RE WHEN WE CHECKED IN
THERE WITH WHEN WE CHECKED IN
WITH THEM THERE AT LEAST ONE
FAMILY HAD ALREADY CHECKED IN.
I'M DEVIN HASKINS LIVE NOW BACK
TO YOU WHILE 10 FEET DEEP IN
SOME PLACES.
SOME PLACES. DEVIN >>, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR
THE UPDATE.
THE UPDATE. THERE IS ALSO A LANSLIDE
AFFECTING FOLKS ON THE
WASHINGTON SIDE OF THE GORGE
NEAR THE TOWN OF CARSON.
TRAFFIC REPORTER CHRIS
MCGINNISS'S HERE WITH WHAT YOU
NEED TO KNOW ABOUT S.R. 14.
YEAH >>, BRENDA, THAT'S ANOTHER
BIG ONE AGAIN FOR THE GORGE A
LITTLE FARTHER EAST FROM THAT
LANSLIDE ON THE OREGON SIDE ON
EIGHTY FOUR RIGHT SORER 14
AGAIN JUST EAST OF CARSON IS
CLOSED BECAUSE OF A SLIDE EARLY
THIS MORNING AND RIGHT NOW THE
DETOUR IS TAKING FOLKS TO WHITE
SALMON OVER THE HOOD RIVER
BRIDGE AND THROUGH CASCADE
LOCKS OVER THE BRIDGE OF THE
GODS.
GODS.
GODS. HERE ARE A COUPLE OF PHOTOS
THAT THE WASHINGTON DEPARTMENT
OF TRANSPORTATION TWEETED OUT
EARLIER TODAY.
EARLIER TODAY. YOU CAN SEE OVER ON THE RIGHT
THE BIG BOULDERS THAT HAVE
CLEAVED AWAY FROM THAT HILLSIDE
BLOCKING THE WESTBOUND LANE.
BUT ESSENTIALLY THE ENTIRE ROAD
IS BLOCKED SO THEY'VE GOT THE
HEAVY EQUIPMENT THERE TO GET
THAT REMOVED.
THAT REMOVED. NO WORD YET ON WHEN THAT'S
GOING TO HAPPEN.
SO AGAIN, A LENGTHY DETOUR FOR
FOLKS THERE AND WE'LL GET TO
SOME OF THE OTHER ROAD CLOSURES
IN JUST A SECOND.
BUT CHECK THIS OUT.
WE'VE GOT SOME VIDEO FROM THE
SKY 8:00 IT WAS UP THIS MORNING
FLYING OVER A SLIDE ON A WEST
BERNZ WEST PBOT SIDE IS STILL
CLOSED RIGHT NOW BETWEEN
SKYLINE BOULEVARD AND
NORTHWEST.
NORTHWEST. TWENTY THIRD BECAUSE OF THIS
SLIDE THAT HAPPENED RIGHT NEAR
THE BARBARA WALKER PEDESTRIAN
BRIDGE.
BRIDGE.
BRIDGE. YOU MIGHT RECALL THAT AWARD
WINNING PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE OVER
THE WILDWOOD TRAIL JUST OPENED
ABOUT A YEAR AND A HALF AGO.
THE BRIDGE LOOKS LIKE IT TOOK A
HIT FROM FALLING TREE.
THE ROAD IS CLOSED.
GERMANTOWN ROAD IS ALSO CLOSED
AND WE'VE GOT SOME MORE VIDEO
FROM THIS MORNING SHOWING SOME
OF THE INTENSE WATER AND DEEP
WATER ON HIGHWAY 30 EARLIER
THIS MORNING WEST OF THE
LINNTON AREA THERE WERE A
COUPLE OF TROUBLE SPOTS ON
HIGHWAY 30 BETWEEN NEWBURY ROAD
AND LINNTON AND WORKING THEIR
WAY IN TOWARDS THE SALTZMAN
ROAD AREA.
ROAD AREA. NOW I CAN TELL YOU THE UPDATE
FROM ODOT RIGHT NOW IS THAT
THOSE ROADS OR AT LEAST HIGHWAY
30 HAS REOPENED.
THERE ARE SOME LANE
RESTRICTIONS BUT IT LOOKS LIKE
WE'RE BACK IN BUSINESS THERE.
MEANWHILE WE CHECK OUT THE
GRAPHIC >>.
GRAPHIC >>. YOU CAN SEE HIGHWAY TWENTY SIX
IS STILL CLOSED.
THERE'S A LOCAL TOUR THERE
THROUGH GOVERNMENT CAMP TO 14
CLOSE US 20 CLOSED ONE IN THE
COAST RANGE NORTH OF SILETZ TO
TWENTY NINE THAT IS CLOSED AND
ONE OF THE VALLEY HIGHWAY 219
JUST NORTH OF THE NEWBURGH AREA
ALL REMAINING CLOSED BECAUSE
OF HIGH WATER.
AND BRENDA, I JUST CHECKED IN
WITH LASHKO THE WASHINGTON
EXCUSE ME WASHINGTON COUNTY
ROADS AND IT LOOKS LIKE THEY
STILL HAVE SEVEN ROADS THAT ARE
CLOSED DUE TO HIGH WATER RIGHT
NOW >>.
NOW >>.
NOW >>. YEAH, CREWS >> ARE BUSY TRYING
TO REOPEN EVERYTHING.
THANK YOU, CHRIS.
LET'S CHECK IN WITH ROB NOW IN
THE WEATHER CENTER.
MOTHER NATURE PRETTY MUCH DID A
180 AFTER ALL OF THAT.
WE'RE IN FOR A PRETTY NICE DAY
AS WELL AS WEATHER FRONTS HIT
PORTLAND BETWEEN MIDNIGHT ONE
O'CLOCK LAST NIGHT WITH 50 MILE
PER HOUR WINDS AND OF COURSE
THE STRONG RAIN BAND.
AND THEN AS SOON AS THAT PASS
WE QUICKLY DID THAT FLIP AND
MOVING FORWARD THIS AFTERNOON
WE WILL CONTINUE TO LOOK LIKE
THIS JUST A LOVELY DAY, PARTLY
CLOUDY SKIES EVEN MOSTLY SUNNY
CONDITIONS AND ANOTHER MILD
TEMPERATURE OF 50 THREE
DEGREES.
DEGREES.
DEGREES. BUT WATCHING THE RIVERS WE
STILL HAVE A NUMBER OF RIVERS
UNDER RIVER FLOOD WARNINGS >>
BECAUSE OF THE HIGH WATER.
BUT THE NEWS IS GOOD.
THE WILSON RIVER NOW RECEDING.
IT'S RIGHT NEAR THAT 12 FOOT
FLOOD STAGE, THE CLACKAMAS
NESTO K8 AND RIGHT NEAR THE 20
FLOOD STAGE THAT'S GOING DOWN
AS WELL THE COWLITZ UP AND
KELSO JUST ABOVE THE FLOOD
STAGE OF TWENTY ONE POINT FIVE
FEET.
FEET.
FEET. THIS IS NOW RECEDING.
BATTLE CREEK IS NEAR FLOOD
STAGE THAT'S GOING DOWN AND
JUST IN CASE THE REST OF THE
WILLAMETTE BELOW THE FALLS AND
OREGON CITY LOOKS LIKE IT'S
PRETTY MUCH CRESTED.
TWENTY FIVE FEET THAT'S TWO
FEET SHY OF FLOOD STAGE THEN
THE HALEM FOR EXAMPLE AND
VERNONIA AND OTHER RIVERS
JOHNSON CREEK VONOW NOW ALREADY
GONE BELOW FLOOD STAGE.
SO THAT NEWS IS GOOD.
WE'RE LOOKING SOME WIND NOT
HERE IN THE VALLEY BUT WE'RE
STILL LOOKING AT SOME WIND
SPEEDS AT LEAST PILTON HIT
SIXTY ONE MILES PER HOUR AT
LEAST THAT WAS AROUND FOUR OR
FIVE O'CLOCK THIS MORNING.
YOU'RE STILL SEEING WINDS
OF THIRTY SIX MILES PER BUT
THOSE ARE FADING AWAY.
SCATTERED SHOWERS MAINLY OVER
THE MOUNTAINS JUST A LOVELY
AFTERNOON MOVING FORWARD.
FIFTY FOUR DEGREES AT FOUR P.M.
WE'LL TAKE A LOOK AT SOME
OF THOSE RAIN TOTALS BRINDA
COMING UP.
COMING UP. OK >>, WE'LL SEE YOU THEN.
THANK YOU.
THANK YOU. WELL, THIS STORM KNOCKED OUT
POWER ALL OVER THE PLACE AND
THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE ARE STILL
WITHOUT ELECTRICITY RIGHT NOW.
CMY BRYANT CLERKLEY HAS BEEN
OUT IN THE THICK OF IT ALL
MORNING AND JOINS US NOW LIVE
ALONG HIGHWAY 30 >>.
BRYANT GOOD MORNING.
GOOD AFTERNOON, BRENDA.
AND THE COMBO OF WIND AND RAIN
NOT ONLY KNOCKED OUT THE POWER
BUT IT ALSO SENT DEBRIS DOWN
INTO HIGHWAY 30 AND IT BLOCKED
ONE OF THE EASTBOUND LANES FOR
SEVERAL HOURS.
SEVERAL HOURS. BUT IT'S BACK OPEN NOW AND
POWER OUTAGES ARE STILL A BIG
ISSUE RIGHT NOW.
PORTLAND GENERAL ELECTRIC SAYS
AT ONE POINT AROUND 94000
CUSTOMERS LOST POWER.
NOW THERE ARE ABOUT 60000
PEOPLE WITHOUT POWER.
OFFICIALS SAY THE OUTAGES
RAMPED UP SHORTLY BEFORE
MIDNIGHT AND CREWS WORKED
THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT AND
THEY'RE STILL WORKING TODAY TO
RESTORE THE POWER.
AND WE SPOKE TO SOME PEOPLE WHO
LIVE IN TIGARD EARLIER THIS
MORNING WHO SAY THEY HAVEN'T
HAD POWER FOR SEVERAL HOURS.
ONE MAN WHO HAS A BUSINESS
BUILDING HOMES SAYS THE WIND
CAUSED A BIT OF A BIT OF DAMAGE
TO ONE OF THE HOMES HE WAS
BUILDING.
BUILDING.
BUILDING. HE SAYS THE POWER OUTAGE HAS
ALSO AFFECTED HIS WORKDAY.
A LOT OF IT >> BECAUSE WE DON'T
HAVE POWER SO WE CAN'T HOOK UP
COMPRESSORS CAN'T HOOK UP, SAYS
LITERALLY WE CAN'T DO ANYTHING
TODAY >>.
TODAY >>.
TODAY >>. NOW IF YOUR POWER IS STILL OUT
,JUST ASK THAT PEOPLE BE
PATIENT AND THEY MAKE SURE THAT
THEY WAIT AND WAIT PATIENTLY
FOR THEM TO GET POWER BACK ON.
THEY ARE WORKING VERY HARD.
BACK TO YOU, BRENDA.
I >> KNOW THEY ARE.
BRYANT, THANKS.
BRYANT, THANKS. ANY TIME WE HAVE WEATHER LIKE
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