THIS
THIS IS
THIS IS KGW. >> SO WE LIVE IN A WET WEEKEND
TURNS INTO A WASH OUT IN PARTS
OF THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST RAIN
PUMMELING THE AREA FOR HOURS
CAUSING FLOODING AND LEADING TO
SCENES LIKE THIS ONE OUT IN THE
GORGE SLIDE CLOSING DOWN ROADS
AND CAUSING DANGEROUS
CONDITIONS LIKE THIS BOULDER
BLOCKING PART OF HIGHWAY NINETY
NINE.
NINE.
NINE. GOOD EVENING AND THANKS FOR
JOINING US.
JOINING US. I'M BRITTANY FALKERS.
THIS RAINY WEATHER KEEPING
CREWS BUSY ALL DAY CLEANING UP
THE MESS AND KEEPING DRIVERS
AWAY FROM DANGER.
SO LET'S GET RIGHT TO CHRIS
MCGINNIS.
MCGINNIS.
MCGINNIS. CHRIS, HOW ARE THINGS LOOKING
OUT THERE RIGHT NOW?
WELL, RIGHT NOW WE'RE CERTAINLY
EXPERIENCING A LULL IN THE
ACTION RIGHT?
ACTION RIGHT? THE HEAVIEST OF THE RAIN HAS
FALLEN AT LEAST FOR NOW.
LET'S CHECK OUT RADAR BEHIND ME
AND YOU CAN SEE WE STILL HAVE
SOME GREEN ON THE MAP BUT THE
RAIN THAT WE'RE SEEING RIGHT
NOW IS MUCH, MUCH LIGHTER IN
INTENSITY THAN IT WAS LAST
NIGHT AT THIS TIME OR EVEN
EARLY THIS MORNING.
HOWEVER, IT IS STILL RAINING
AND IT'S GOING TO RAIN LIGHTLY
OVERNIGHT TONIGHT AND INTO THE
FIRST PART OF THE DAY TOMORROW
AND RIGHT OVER THE LAST THREE
HOURS SHOWS THE PROGRESS THAT
OUR RAIN HAS MADE HERE ACROSS
THE REGION.
THE REGION. AGAIN, GENERALLY LIGHT RAIN
WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE NORTH
OREGON COAST RANGE IN PARTS
OF THE CASCADES THAT HAVE
GOTTEN SOME SLIGHTLY HEAVIER
RAIN THIS EVENING OVER THE LAST
COUPLE HOURS.
COUPLE HOURS. ALL RIGHT.
ALL RIGHT. HOW MUCH HAVE WE GOTTEN SO FAR?
MCMINNVILLE PICKED UP ALMOST
TWO AND A HALF INCHES IN THE
LAST 30 HOURS OR SO.
SALEM ABOUT TWO AND A THIRD
ALMOST THE SAME IN AURORA
TROUTDALE JUST SHY OF TWO
INCHES.
INCHES.
INCHES. PORTLAND AND VANCOUVER, PDX AT
THE AIRPORT PICKED UP ABOUT AN
INCH AND TWO THIRDS AND THEY
PICKED UP ABOUT ONE POINT EIGHT
INCHES OUT OF THE WEATHER
SERVICE OFFICE IN NORTHEAST
PORTLAND.
PORTLAND.
PORTLAND. THERE WERE PARTS OF THE
WILLAMETTE VALLEY THAT GOT
CLOSE TO THREE INCHES ALONG IN
PARTS OF THE OREGON COAST AS
WELL AND EASILY MORE THAN THAT
IN THE COAST RANGE AND THAT
OBVIOUSLY HAS LED TO SOME RISES
ON AREA RIVERS.
RIGHT NOW WE STILL HAVE FORTY
NINE DEGREES.
NINE DEGREES. YOU CAN SEE IT'S A REALLY MURKY
EVENING OUT THERE ARE WELLS
FARGO SKY CAMERA SHOWS THE LOW
CLOUDINESS AND THE MIST AND THE
LIGHT RAIN CONTINUING TO FALL.
AND WITH THE TEMPERATURES SO
WARM, OF COURSE WE'RE NOT
LOOKING FOR A BIG COOLDOWN AS
WE GO THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT
HOURS.
HOURS.
HOURS. SO
HOURS. SO TOMORROW AS WE CHECK OUT OUR
MONDAY FORECAST, WE WILL BE IN
THE LOW TO MID 50S TO START THE
DAY CHARLOTE CHANCES CONTINUE
AND THEN BRITNEY.
WE'VE GOT ONE MORE SHOT I'M
GOING TO SAY ABOUT A TWO OR
THREE HOUR WINDOW OF SOME
STEADY HEAVIER RAIN THAT COMES
IN MONDAY AFTERNOON ALONG WITH
SOME PRETTY GUSTY SOUTH WINDS
AS WELL.
AS WELL.
AS WELL. THAT WILL BE THE COOL FRONT
THAT EVENTUALLY SWEEPS THROUGH
HERE AND DRIES US OUT.
WE DO HAVE A MUCH QUIETER
FORECAST GOING INTO THE REST
OF THE WEEK.
WE'LL LOOK AT THAT COMING UP IN
JUST A FEW MINUTES.
ALL RIGHT, CHRIS, THANK YOU.
NOW THAT HEAVY RAIN LEAVES
BEHIND FLOODING AND LANDSLIDES
ACROSS THE REGION.
A LOCAL BOTANICAL GARDEN IS NOW
TEMPORARILY CLOSED BECAUSE OF A
FLOOD EVENT.
FLOOD EVENT. CRYSTAL KOUMOU HAS OUR STORY.
>> BOTANICAL GARDEN IS THE MOST
SIGNIFICANT CULTURAL ATTRACTION
THAT'S OPEN TO THE PUBLIC IN
EAST PORTALND.
EAST PORTALND. >> DAVID PORTER IS THE
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AT THE 16
ACRE GARDEN IN SOUTHEAST
PORTLAND.
PORTLAND.
PORTLAND. >> WE ARE ON JOHNSON CREEK.
SO WE ACTUALLY HAVE A WATER
FEATURE THAT NATURE GAVE US
RIGHT HERE WITHIN THE GARDEN
TODAY.
TODAY.
TODAY. HOWEVER, WE ARE HAVING A
SERIOUS FLOOD EVENT.
HEAVY RAIN SUNDAY CALLS WATER
LEVELS TO RISE ABOVE NORMAL
LEADING TO THAT FLOOD EVENT ARE
PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE WHICH IS VERY
CLOSE TO THE LEVEL OF THE WATER
ANYWAY PICKED UP AND WENT
FLYING DOWNSTREAM.
FLYING DOWNSTREAM. >> THEY USED TO MOVE THE BRIAGE
UP AND DOWN MANUALLY TO GET IT
OUT OF THE FLOODWAY BUT THAT
WAS JUST TOO DANGEROUS.
>> ABOUT THREE YEARS AGO WE
DECIDED WE COULD NO LONGER DO
THAT SAFELY AND SO WE'VE BEEN
LOOKING FOR A SOLUTION TO GET
THIS BRIDGE OUT THE FLOOD
FLOODWAY.
FLOODWAY.
FLOODWAY. THIS FLOOD WAS NOT WHAT WE HAD
IN MIND.
IN MIND.
IN MIND. >> THE GARDEN WAS NOT DAMAGED
BUT WITH THE BRIAGE GONE AND
THE HIGH WATER LEVELS ON
JOHNSON CREEK THEY CLOSED
SUNDAY TO BE SAFE.
LANDSLIDES CAUSED ISSUES TO
THIS ONE HAS A SECTION OF THE
HISTORIC COLUMBIA RIVER HIGHWAY
NEAR MONT NORMAL FALLS CLOSED
UNTIL AT LEAST MONDAY AND
CLACKAMAS RIVER ROAD IS ALSO
BLOCKED BETWEEN HIGHWAY TO 13
AND SPRINGWATER ROAD.
>> WE DON'T KNOW WHEN IT WILL
REOPEN BACK AT LEAST BOTANICAL
GARDEN.
GARDEN.
GARDEN. SUNDAY'S FLOOD EVENT HAS
RENEWED TALKS FOR A BETTER
DESIGNED BRIDGE OUT OF THE
WATERWAY.
WATERWAY.
WATERWAY. SOMETIMES THE CASE THAT
ADVERSITY LEADS TO POSITIVE
THINGS.
THINGS.
THINGS. AND SO I'M HOPEFUL THAT MAYBE
THIS WILL BE AN OPPORTUNITY AND
IT CALLS ATTENTION TO OUR
SERIOUS NEED FOR A PEDESTRIAN
BRIDGE THAT ISN'T IN THE WATER
EVER.
EVER.
EVER. >>
EVER. >> CHRISTELLE KOUMOU LANE KGW
NEWS NOW BOTANICAL GARDEN ISN'T
SURE WHEN THEY'LL REOPEN TO THE
PUBLIC.
PUBLIC.
PUBLIC. >> THE HEAVY RAIN CAUSED THE
FIRST SEWER OVERFLOW OF THE
YEAR INTO THE WILLAMETTE RIVER.
SEWAGE HAS BEEN POURING IN AT
EIGHT SPOTS BETWEEN THE ROSS
ISLAND BRIAGE AND SWAN ISLAND.
NOW THE PORTLAND BUREAU
OF ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES IS
WARNING PEOPLE NOT TO SWIM IN
THE WATER FOR AT LEAST 48 HOURS
SINCE THE COMPLETION OF THE
CITY'S BIG PIPE PROJECT IN 2011
OVERFLOWS HAVE BEEN LESS
COMMON.
COMMON.
COMMON. THIS IS ACTUALLY THE FIRST
SINCE AUGUST TWENTY NINETEEN
BEFORE THE PROJECT OVERFLOWS.
BEFORE THE PROJECT OVERFLOWS
INTO THE WILLAMETTE HAPPENED AN
AVERAGE OF 50 TIMES A YEAR DUE
TO THE RAIN A SECTION OF THE
WILLAMETTE THAT RUNS THROUGH
SALEM IS ALSO EXPERIENCING AN
OVERFLOW WHICH HAS RELEASED
MORE THAN TWO HUNDRED FORTY
EIGHT THOUSAND GALLONS OF RAW
SEWAGE.
SEWAGE.
SEWAGE. >> TOMORROW IS A BIG DAY FOR
OREGONIANS.
OREGONIANS. LAWMAKERS WILL MEET TO DECIDE
ISSUES THAT WILL IMPACT
MILLIONS OF PEOPLE AND THEIR
MONEY DURING THIS PANDEMIC.
GALEN ETTLIN FOLLOWS SOME
OF THE KEY ISSUES AT STAKE.
>> OREGON LAWMAKERS WILL GATHER
AT THE CAPITAL MONDAY IN
PERSON.
PERSON.
PERSON. >> WE NEED TO SPEND AS LITTLE
TIME BUILDING AS POSSIBLE.
SENATE PRESIDENT PETER COURTNEY
SAYS DURING CAUVIN 19.
IT'S TRICKY.
IT'S TRICKY. LAWMAKERS HAVE TO VOTE ON BILLS
IN PERSON BECAUSE OF THE
STATE'S CONSTITUTION.
STATE'S CONSTITUTION. >> THAT'S THE WAY TO MAKE SURE
THAT INDIVIDUALS AREN'T ALL
OVER THE STATE OR MAYBE EVEN
OUT OF STATE AND THEY'RE MAKING
LAWS AFFECT ALL OF US.
THE OREGON HEALTH AUTHORITY IS
WORKING ON WAYS TO MAINTAIN
DISTANCE DURING THE VOTE.
>> LEGISLATORS, MEANWHILE, HAVE
BEEN MEETING VIRTUALLY IN
COMMITTEES IN SPECIAL PUBLIC
HEARINGS LIKE THIS ONE AHEAD
OF MONDAY'S SPECIAL SESSION.
GOV. KATE BROWN ASKED LAWMAKERS
TO CONSIDER EIGHT HUNDRED
MILLION DOLLARS IN RELIEF FOR
PEOPLE SUFFERING FINANCIALLY
FROM THE PANDEMIC AND
WILDFIRES.
WILDFIRES. >> ONE PROPOSAL WOULD EXTEND
THE BAN ON EVICTIONS THROUGH
JUNE.
JUNE.
JUNE. >>
JUNE. >> CURRENTLY ABOUT FIFTEEN
PERCENT OF TENANTS STATEWIDE
HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO PAY THEIR
RENT SINCE MARCH 2020.
RON GARCIA IS PRESIDENT ELECT
OF RENTAL HOUSING ALLIANCE,
OREGON.
OREGON.
OREGON. >> HE TESTIFIED SATURDAY IN
SUPPORT OF A PROPOSED RELIEF
PACKAGE FOR BOTH RENTERS AND
LANDLORDS.
LANDLORDS. WHEN YOU ONLY OWN ONE OR TWO
UNITS AND YOU THOSE TENANTS
HAVE NOT PAID YOUR LOSING ONE
HUNDRED PERCENT OF YOUR INCOME.
THE BILL WOULD GIVE 50 MILLION
DOLLARS TO STRUGGLING MENTORS
AND 150 MILLION DOLLARS TO PAY
OREGON LANDLORDS UP TO 80
PERCENT OF WHAT THEY'RE OWED.
>> LANDLORDS WOULD HAVE TO
FORGIVE THE OTHER 20 PERCENT,
WHICH IS NOT THEIR FIRST CHOICE
80 PERCENT IS FAR BETTER THAN
NOTHING BUT LIVING IN INCREASED
FINANCIAL BURDEN ON HOUSING
PROVIDERS WITH NO REQUIREMENT
FOR INTEREST TO PAY ANYTHING
SEEMS LIKE A LOPSIDED SOLUTION
AND SETS A CONCERNING
PRECEDENT.
PRECEDENT. >> WILL THIS BE THE GO TO
SOLUTION?
SOLUTION?
SOLUTION? >> BOTH RENCHER AND SMALL
LANDLORDS NEED HELP NOW.
RIGHT NOW OUR NEIGHBORS ARE
FACING THE HORRENDOUS CHOICE
BETWEEN PAYING RENT OR BUYING
FOOD ADDICTION IS A FULCRUM
BETWEEN HOMELESSNESS AND
HOUSING.
HOUSING.
HOUSING. >> AND IT'S NOT EASY TO REVERSE
THAT PROCESS.
THAT PROCESS. ANOTHER BIG PROPOSAL WOULD LOOK
AT REOPENING OREGON SCHOOLS AND
PROTECT THEM FROM KOVIK 19
LIABILITY RESEARCH HAS SHOWN
SCHOOLS ARE SAFE.
>> RESTAURANTS COULD ALSO GET
HELP.
HELP.
HELP. THEY'VE DEMANDED FOR MONTHS
WITH NEW RULES ALLOWING TAKEOUT
COCKTAILS.
COCKTAILS. THERE'D ALSO BE A NEW CAP ON
FEES FROM THIRD PARTY DELIVERY
PLATFORMS LIKE DOORDASH AND
GRUBHUB.
GRUBHUB.
GRUBHUB. PEOPLE NEED IT RIGHT NOW.
>> THESE THINGS THAT WE'RE
TALKING ABOUT, SENATOR COURTNEY
HAS SPENT MORE THAN THREE
DECADES IN THE OREGON
LEGISLATURE.
LEGISLATURE. >> HE SAYS LEADERS ARE ELECTED
FOUR TIMES LIKE THIS.
>> THESE SPECIAL SESSIONS I
WILL NEVER EVER FORGET AND THEY
WILL LEAVE.
WILL LEAVE. THEY WILL MARK ME FOR LIFE.
>> SENATOR COURTNEY SAID NOT
EVERY SENATOR IS GOING TO BE
THERE ABOUT FIVE OR SO MAY NOT
SHOW UP BUT HE WOULD NOT
SPECULATE IF IT WAS BECAUSE
OF CONCERNS LCOATED 19.
WE'LL BE FOLLOWING WHAT HAPPENS
FOR YOU AND UPDATE YOU ON KGW
DOT COM.
DOT COM.
DOT COM. I'M GALEN ETTLIN FOR KGW NEWS.
>> WE WILL HAVE FINALLY DONE
OUR DUTY AND GETTING MORE
RELIEF TO THOSE WHO NEED IT
MOST.
MOST.
MOST. >>
MOST. >> AFTER WEEKS GOING BACK AND
FORTH, LAWMAKERS IN D.C. HAVE
FINALIZED A 900 BILLION DOLLAR
CORONAVIRUS RELIEF PACKAGE.
>> CONGRESS IS EXPECTED TO PASS
IT TOMORROW.
IT TOMORROW. IT INCLUDES THREE HUNDRED
DOLLARS A WEEK IN EXTRA
UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS PLUS A
SIX HUNDRED DOLLAR STIMULUS
CHECK FOR MOST AMERICANS.
IT ALSO INCLUDES A FRESH ROUND
OF SUBSIDIES FOR HARD HIT
BUSINESSES AND FUNDING FOR
SCHOOLS, HEALTH CARE AND HEALTH
CARE PROVIDERS AND RENTERS
FACING EVICTION.
FACING EVICTION. ALSO MORE WELCOME NEWS TONIGHT.
THE COUNTRY'S SECOND CORONA
VIRUS VACCINE IS NOW ON THE
MOVE.
MOVE.
MOVE. BOXES FULL OF VACCINE KITS WERE
HAND PACKED TODAY AND PLACED ON
TRUCKS AND PLANES FOR SHIPPING.
THEY'RE BOUND FOR NEARLY 4000
LOCATIONS BY THE END OF THE
WEEK FOR U.P.S. DRIVER TODD
ELBLE.
ELBLE.
ELBLE. THIS VACCINE DELIVERY IS
PERSONAL AFTER LOSING HIS DAD
TO COVID 19 AFTER MANY YEARS
UBS.
UBS.
UBS. >>
UBS. >> THIS IS THE BEN MOST
IMPORTANT LOADED OF HALD AND TO
BRING THIS BACK I FEEL DAD WAS
IN THE TRUCK WITH ME TODAY.
NOW UNLIKE PFIZERS VACCINE WITH
DAWNA'S DOES NOT REQUIRE ULTRA
COLD STORAGE SO SMALLER
HOSPITALS WILL BE BENEFITING
THIS TIME AROUND.
SOME CAN SEE THEIR FIRST DOSES
AS SOON AS TOMORROW.
THE WESTERN STATES SCIENTIFIC
REVIEW WORKGROUP WHICH INCLUDES
OREGON AND WASHINGTON GAVE ITS
APPROVAL TODAY SAYING DAWNA'S
VACCINE IS SAFE AND EFFECTIVE.
THE OREGON HEALTH AUTHORITY
TOLD US THEY EXPECT SEVENTY ONE
THOUSAND NINE HUNDRED DOSES
THIS WEEK AND THIRTY ONE
THOUSAND SEVEN HUNDRED MORE.
THE WEEK AFTER.
BUT THOSE NUMBERS COULD CHANGE.
VACCINES ARE COMING AT A
CRITICAL TIME IN OREGON'S FIGHT
AGAINST KOVIK 19.
THE STATE REPORTED ONE MORE
DEATH TODAY AND ONE THOUSAND
ONE HUNDRED FIFTY THREE NEW
CASES.
CASES.
CASES. THOSE NEW CASES ARE REFLECTED
ON THIS GRAPH THAT YOU SEE
AFTER A STEADY RISE IN CASES
SINCE NOVEMBER.
SINCE NOVEMBER. WE ARE STARTING TO SEE THE
CURVE FLATTEN.
CURVE FLATTEN. AND HERE'S A LOOK AT
HOSPITALIZATIONS RIGHT NOW.
FIVE HUNDRED THIRTY OR GHANIANS
ARE IN THE HOSPITAL FIGHTING
THE VIRUS.
THE VIRUS. OSHA SAYS THE NUMBER OF COVERED
PATIENTS IN THE ICU HAS GONE UP
TO ONE HUNDRED TWENTY ONE.
THAT'S 17 MORE THAN YESTERDAY.
>> SEVERAL COUNTRIES IN EUROPE
AND THE MIDDLE EAST HAVE BANNED
TRAVEL FROM THE UK.
THEY'RE WORRIED ABOUT THE
SPREAD OF A NEW STRAIN OF THE
CORONA VIRUS.
CORONA VIRUS. VIRUSES MUTATE ALL THE TIME BUT
THIS TIME IT'S PARTICULARLY
ALARMING TO SCIENTISTS BECAUSE
APPARENTLY THIS STRAIN IS 70
PERCENT MORE CONTAGIOUS.
HEALTH LEADERS IN ENGLAND SAY
THIS STRAIN HAS BEEN
CIRCULATING SINCE SEPTEMBER.
THEY DO NOT THINK IT CAUSES
MORE SEVERE SYMPTOMS NOR DO
THEY