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Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden and Representative Val Hoyle are asking the federal government to approve the Major ...
Members of the U.S. Congress representing Oregon are urging for approval of Governor Tina Kotek’s FEMA funding request after ...
A long-feared monster earthquake off the coast of California, Oregon and Washington could cause some areas to sink by more ...
His organization maintains 27 miles of levees along the Columbia River and advocates for flood safety across the state. He said Oregon went through a flood infrastructure boom in the early 20th ...
There are over 1,000 tide gates in Oregon, preventing the ocean from flooding valuable agricultural land. Many were installed ...
As the old saying goes, “If you don’t like the weather in Oregon, just wait a minute and it will change.” In late March, the weather changed in the mountains just north of Burns, the snowpack started ...
This isn’t unique to Burns. Colin Rowan, planning director for the Urban Flood Safety and Water Quality District in Portland, told Oregon Public Broadcasting that the kind of levee system ...
In addition to a tsunami, that earthquake will lead to chronic flooding, the report finds, threatening homes, farms and critical infrastructure up and down Oregon. The study tries to predict how ...
President Donald Trump has approved two of Missouri’s major disaster declaration requests for severe storms, tornadoes and flooding that occurred March 14-15 and March 30-April 8, according to a ...
A study warns of a mega tsunami up to 1,000 feet high if a strong earthquake strikes the Cascadia fault, threatening US ...